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MUSICK'S    MANUAL 


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GRAHAM 

PHONOGRAPHY 


Especially  Adapted  for  Use  in  School  Work, 

with  a  View  to  Private  Study  and 

Lessons  by  Mail. 


BY 


W.  L.  MUSICK. 


1905. 

W.  L.  Musick  Publishing  Co., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


COPYRIGHT  1905  BY 
WILLIAM  L.  MUSICK. 


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PREFACE. 


This  is  not  a  new  system,  nor  are  there  any  changes 
made  in  the  outlines  in  any  way.  The  new  features  are 
"The  Vowel  Scheme"  and  the  method  of  practice  by  dic- 
tation from  the  start.  We  believe  that  the  best  way  to 
train  anyone  to  do  anything  is  to  "show  him  how"  and 

g2  then  "put  him  at  it."     In  order  to  accomplish  this   we 

•  .1 

4/5   have  had  simply  to  bring  in  and  teach  some  of  the  princi- 

o=   pies  of  the  system  sooner  in  the  course,  in  order  to  write 

3   certain   words  which   constantly   recur  in   speaking   and 

writing.     In  this  way  we  are  able  to  commence  writing 

«j   business  letters  after  the  first  lesson,  and  from  that  time 

10    on  the  words  and  principles  learned  are  fixed  in  the  mind 

3    and  made  familiar,  as  it  were,  to  the  hand  by  using  them 

at  once  in  writing  business  letters. 

u  This  plan  of  work  is  not  only  encouraging  to  the  pu- 
t  pil,  but  is  the  common  sense,  practical,  pedagogic  method. 
The  matter  and  shorthand  plates  following  it  in  each 
lesson,  used  for  the  pupil  to  study  from,  the  teacher  to 
dictate,  and  also  to  be  used  for  practice  in  reading,  must 
make  the  work  of  the  pupil  thorough.  The  arrangement 
will  save  much  time  for  both  teacher  and  pupil. 


To  Teacher  and  Pupil. 


The  purpose  of  the  arrangement  of  the  shorthand  plates 
following  the  matter,  and  not  placing  the  printed  word  and 
the  shorthand  outline  together,  is  that  the  shorthand  outlines 
may  be  used  as  a  reading  lesson  the  same  as  the  child  uses 
the  school  reader,  as  well  as  to  study  and  learn  the  words  and 
phrases  by  practice  with  the  pencil.  The  practice  work  should 
be  done  first,  then  the  reading,  and  then  more  practice.  The 
shorthand  should  be  learned  so  that  it  can  be  read  without 
referring  to  the  key  to  it.  It  should  also  be  written  from  dic- 
tation. If  it  be  dictated  orer  and  over  again,  so  much  the 
better.  It  is  not,  however,  advisable  to  remain  with  one  lesson 
too  long,  for,  if  the  pupil  or  class  has  Lesson  V  for  instance, 
for  the  regular  work,  the  1st,  2d,  3d,  or  4th  lesson  may  be 
dictated  for  a  review,  and  to  keep  these  fresh  in  the  mind 
which  will  naturally  make  lesson  5,  6,  7,  etc.,  easier.  If  this 
be  done  judiciously,  and  the  pupil  faithfully  follows  the  plan 
of  practice  and  reading  suggested,  shorthand  will  not  be  so 
difficult  and  the  road  will  not  seem  so  rugged  and  dry.  It  will 
make  the  work  easier  for  both  teacher  and  pupil,  and  save 
time  for  both. 

The  Universal  Dictation  Course,  in  this  system,  made  up  of 
actual  business  letters  and  other  matter  selected  from  twenty- 
six  different  lines  of  business,  beginning  with  easy  letters  and 
gradually  bringing  in  more  difficult  work,  should  follow  the 
work  in  this  book.  The  two  books  make  a  complete  course, 
and  comprise  a  vocabulary  of  words  that  will  not  only  cover 
the  vocabulary  of  business  correspondence,  but  contains  a  very 
large  vocabulary  of  Court  and  General  Reporting. 

The  pupil  may  begin  the  work  in  the  Universal  Dictation 
Course  after  the  ninth  lesson.  This  depends,  of  course,  upon 
the  plan  the  instructor  may  have  in  mind.  It  can  be  begun 
sooner. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Alphabet  1 

Curved  Strokes 2 

Special  Signs  2 

Upward  Strokes  3 

Consonant  Joinings   5 

Punctuation  6 

Vowel  Scheme  7 

Vowel  Positions   9 

Circles  and  Loops 19 

Suggestions    25 

Ticks    27 

Shortening  Principle  33 

Lengthening  Principle  41 

Hook  Rules  51 

Final  Hooks  65 

P-V  Hooks  .' 73 

Shun  and  Tive  Hooks 79 

Prefixes    87 

Terminations    99 

Omission  of  Consonants 109 

Omission  of  Words Ill 

Days,  Months,  States,  Cities 112 

Frequent  Recurring  Words,  etc 117 

Vocabulary  Dictionary 123 


LESSON  I. 
FIRST  PART. 
Alphabet. 

a     b      c    cl    e     f       g        h      i    j     k        1  m     n      o    p 


The  full  alphabet  is  given  here  as  the  characters  that 
may  be  used  to  represent  capital  letters  or  initials.  Learn 
the  alphabet,  and  then  practice  each  of  the  following 
groups  until  they  can  be  written  readily. 

The  circle  ^  is  used  for  c  when  it  is  an  initial  letter. 
In  spelling  words  in  shorthand,  s  is  used  for  c  when  c  has 
the  soft  sound,  but  when  c  has  the  hard  sound  k  is  used 
for  c.  Longhand  is  used  usually  for  vowel  initials, 
instead  of  the  shorthand  character. 

Straight  Strokes. 

Letter  p      b        t      d       ch      j  kg  r  h 

SipN,  ......  \  ......  1  .......  L..Z..-Z  ......  —...—.  .......  **&&  ..... 


Name  poe   bee     tee  dee   chay   jay       kay      gay         ray  liay 

As  in   pay    club     bat    bad     rich     Joe        kinn         go  rate  hate 

The  above  are  all  made  downward  except  r  and  h, 

which  are  always  made  upward.     The  upward  strokes 
are  easily  distinguished  as  they  are  more  slanting. 


2  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

• 

Practice  each  group  of  the  alphabet  until  the  name  of 
each  letter  is  familiar  and  the  strokes  can  be  written 
readily. 

Curved  Strokes. 

Letter       f  v  th        dh          s  z          sh        zh 

si*n k k c. c ) ) y JL 

Name        ef  vee  1th       the        ess        zee        ish       /.he 

As  in        fan          vine        think    thy        sap       zeal       shell   azure 

Letter         1  m  n  ng  r  w  y 

t  niu 


Name         el          em  en  Ing  ar          way         yay       {IJ"] 

As  in        leap       may        note         long  far        wave        yet       c-ump 


The  curved  strokes  are  all  made  downward  and  from 
left  to  right  except  "//'  which  is  usually  made  upward, 
but  may  be  made  downward  when  it  makes  a  better  join- 
ing- 

Special  Signs. 

s  ss 

(iss)    (ces,  ses,  sez)         h  w  y 

o  C  /  (-  <n/  ~?  U  ov  r 


The  small  circle  is  always  s,  named  iss,  and  the  larger 
circle  is  ss.    The  short,  downward  tick  is  used  for  h  when 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  .  3 

more  convenient  than  the  stroke.  The  brief  sign  for  w  is 
often  used  instead  of  the  stroke,  and  it  may  be  turned  to 
the  right  or  left.  It  is  joined  to  I,  m,  ti,  r,  without  an 
angle.  The  circle  is  joined  on  the  inside  of  curves,  and 
on  the  upper  or  right-hand  side  (involute  motion)  of 
straight  strokes. 

Upward  Strokes. 

r  (ray)  h  1  (lay)       sh  (shay) 


The  straight  r  (ray)  and  h  (hay)  are  always  made  up- 
ward. The  sign  for  /  may  be  made  upward  or  downward. 
When  made  upward  it  is  called  lay,  and  when  made  down- 
ward it  is  called  el.  The  sign  for  sh  may  be  made  up- 
ward or  downward.  When  made  upward  it  is  called  shay, 
and  when  made  downward  it  is  called  ish.  The  stroke  for 
/  is  usually  made  up,  and  sh  is  usually  made  down. 

The  small  hook  on  the  left  of  downward  straight 
strokes,  and  under  side  of  horizontal  straight  strokes,  at 
the  beginning,  is  r.  At  the  end  it  is  n. 

pr  br  tr         dr      chr         jr  kr  gr 

X N. 1 1 / / «= *= 

The  small  hook  on  the  right  of  downward  straight 
strokes,  and  upper  side  of  horizontal  straight  strokes,  at 
the  beginning,  is  /. 

pi  bl  tl         dl        chl       jl          kl  gl 

V, f. L   L Z *= -= 


4  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

The  Hooks. 

A  small  hook  at  the  end  on  the  righthand  or  upper- 
side  of  straight  strokes  is  /  or  v.     On  the  lefthand  or 
under-side  of  straight  strokes  and  inside  of  curves,  it  is  n. 
pf      kf       rf      dn      kn        rn       fn      mn        nn          In 


The  special  sign  for  w  may  be  joined  to  /,  r  (ray),  n,  m, 
without  an  angle.  When  the  m  and  n  are  shaded  this 
hook  is  r. 

w-1  w-m  m-r          w-n  n-r  w-r 


.........  £...  ................  <r^?>. 

Joining  Consonant  Strokes. 

Practice  joining  the  consonant  strokes.  Think  the 
name  of  each  stroke  and  then  make  it,  but  think  first. 
Practice  reading  and  writing  them.  They  may  be  writ- 
ten from  dictation.  The  dictator  naming  the  strokes  as 
in  reading  and  the  writer  making  the  strokes  and  join- 
ing them  as  they  are  heard. 

The  only  way  to  become  familiar  with  the  consonant 
strokes  is  by  practice.  They  will  finally  become  as  fa- 
miliar as  figures  or  longhand  letters. 

1.  p-k,  b-k,  p-ray,  p-ar,  p-1,  b-j,  p-ch,  t-ch,  p-t. 

2.  j-b,  1-m,  m-1,  j-1,  1-j,  ch-k,  1-v,  v-1,  t-1,  d-m,  p-m. 

3.  k-p,  g-p,  m-th,  n-th,  k-sh,  k-m,  m-g,  g-1,  s-b,  sh-p. 

4.  m-ch,   ch-m,   m-d,   ar-1,   t-b,   p-sh,   ray-th,    th-ray, 
ray-n,  n-t-1,  ch-ar. 

5.  ar-m,  m-m,  n-n,  f-sh,  sh-f,  ch-ray,  ray-t,  n-ar,  n-v, 
mp-ar,  t-p. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  T> 

(').  p-p,  b-b,  k-k,  j-j,  f-ni-1,  hay-ray,  el-m,  lay-m,  ar- 
m-n,  ch-f-n. 

7.  pn-ch,  pr-m,  prf,  mn-kn,  ms-k,  k-sm,  In-m,  tf-n, 
(lf-n.  rav-f-ray. 


Comparative. 


A  small  hook  at  the  beginning  of  curves  is  "1."     When 


cf,  -ce,  ith,  are  reversed,  this  hook  is  "r." 


pi  pr         tl         tr          chl      chr      kl     kr  pn  pf    tn  tf 


fl          fr          thl      thr       shl       shr       fn      thn         In 


(.  1. 


6  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Punctuation  Marks,  and  Figures. 

The  period,  paragraph,  parenthesis,  and  interrogation, 
are  the  only  marks  necessary  to  indicate  in  shorthand 
notes. 

Period,    interrogation,  /.03/x 

L \ 

Paragraph,    parenthesis,  /          ^\     y 

//^) 
Applause,    laughter,  (§/         (&/ 

The  figure  1  is  liable  to  conflict  with  the  sign  for  it,  and 
the  figure  6  is  liable  to  conflict  with  this  or  these,  if  they 
occur  singly.  Better  write  the  word.  For  the  other  fig- 
ures it  is  optional  with  the  writer  whether  to  make  the 
figures  or  write  the  words. 

For  amounts  containing  dollars  and  cents,  write  the 
dollars  on  the  e  position  and  cents  on  the  a  position  with- 
out any  other  marks.  If  the  amount  is  dollars  only,  write 
d  underneath  the  number  on  o  position. 

Book,  chapter  and  page  may  be  expressed  by  numbers, 
writing  the  numbers  of  the  book  on  the  a  position,  chap- 
ter on  the  e  position,  and  page  on  the  o  position. 

In  the  same  way  express  degrees,  minutes,  seconds; 
hours,  minutes,  seconds;  pounds,  shillings,  pence. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  7 

LESSON  I. 
SECOND  PART. 

The  Vowel  Scheme. 

The  vowels  heard  in  pronouncing  words  are  repre- 
sented by  the  position  of  the  word  with  reference  to  the 
line  of  writing,  known  as  the  1st  position,  2d  position, 
3d  position,  or  as  1st  place,  2d  place,  3d  place. 

They  are  also  represented  by  a  system  of  dots  and 
dashes.  The  light  dots  and  dashes  represent  the  short 
sounds,  and  the  heavy  dots  and  dashes  represent  the  long 
sounds. 

The  diphthongs  are  represented  by  special  signs  as 
shown  in  the  illustration  following,  or  by  the  position 
as  is  also  shown  hereinafter.  The  i,  oi,  oy,  sounds  are 
written  in  the  first  position,  and  the  u,  ou,  ow,  sounds 
are  written  in  the  third  position. 

Note. — The  sentences  at  the  right  will  help  to  remember 
1st  and  2cl  positions. 

1st    position,       I       e       i      au     6          /  eat  it  all. 

2nd  position,      a      o      e       u  Jane  Jones  get  up. 

3rd    position,      a     6b     u 

The  first  position  is  one-half  the  length  of  a  stroke 
above  the  line  of  writing.  The  second  position  is  on  the 
line  of  writing.  The  third  position  is  through  the  line 
for  vertical  and  slanting  strokes,  and  one-half  the  length 
of  a  stroke  below  the  line  for  horizontal  strokes. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


1st  position 

me  my  he  see          saw         tea          sit 


)      )     I     ! 


2d  position 

pay  so  said  (sed)     set        dough  (do)  go 

J       f       I _ 


3d  position 

sat  pack  cap  nack  cook  cool  stool 


f  - 


1st  position 

pick  pill  peel  bob  tall  leaf 


2d  position 

head  though  (t  ho  I  hoe 


beau  say 


i 


3d  position 

patch  pull 


back  nook  cab 


X 

1st  position 
(oi)  toy  boy 


toil  boil 


coil 


\ 


3d  position 

(ouow)  cow  bough 


vow  towel  foul 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  9 

These  vowel  sounds  are  also  indicated  by  dots  and 
dashes  placed  at  different  positions  on  the  stroke.  The 
dot  or  dash  is  placed  at  the  beginning,  middle,  or  end  of 
the  stroke  for  the  1st,  2d  or  3d  position,  and  represents 
the  vowels  in  the  same  way  as  the  foregoing  words 
indicate  what  vowel  by  the  different  positions  with  refer- 
ence to  the  line. 

In  actual,  practical  work  the  dots  and  dashes  are  omit- 
ted only  when  needed  for  a  strange  word  or  proper 
name,  and  the  vowel  is  indicated  by  the  position  with 
reference  to  the  line  of  writing  as  first  shown. 

VOWEL  POSITIONS 

(BY  DOTS  AND  DASHES.) 

With  Reference  to  the  Stem  Stroke. 
First  Position. 

E  (e)      as  in  tea        ... 
au  or  aw  (a)          "     saw  or  taw 

I  (i)  "     tick       - 

O  (6)          "     top 

Note. — If  the  dot  or  dash  be  placed  after  the  stroke  it 
follows  it  in  spelling  the  word.  If  the  dot  or  dash  be 
placed  before  the  stroke  it  is  read  before  the  stroke. 


10 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


Pea,  fee,  thaw,  tick,  talk,  pshaw,  top,  chop,  hop,  peak, 
lea,  raw,  saw,  key,  gnaw,  awn,  eel,  sea,  ring,  kick,  gig, 
sit,  seen,  sick,  folly,  seize,  seem,  seat,  shawl. 


Second  Position. 

A    (a)     as  in  Jane         -  •     or       •      ta 


O    (o)        "     Jones    - 


E     (e)         "     get    - 


U    (u)         "     up 


or       -•    toe 


te 


tu 


Day,  gay,  may,  aim,  make,  shape,  tame,  lame,  slow, 
sale,  sore,  same,  seize,  set,  said,  such,  sole,  sown,  snow, 
know,  soap,  sway,  neck,  roam,  lessen,  system,  exhaust, 
saucer,  insist. 


f.  ...... 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 
Third  Position. 


11 


A     (a)     as  in  tack 
Oo  (u)         "     shoe    - 
U    (u)         "     pull 


or  at 


I 


,-'    or 


too 


tu 


Sang,  arm,  bar,  pull,  rook,  look,  ash,  sack,  back,  tack, 
lamb,  ask,  dash,  alum. 


Xote. — When  the  third  place  vowel  -comes  between 
two  strokes,  write  it  before  the  second  stroke. 

The  sounds  represented  by  the  position  of  the  dots  and 
dashes  with  reference  to  the  strokes  are  the  same  as  the 
sounds  represented  by  the  position  of  the  word  with  ref- 
erence to  the  line  of  writing. 

In  second  place  vowels  between  strokes,  place  the 
heavy  dot  or  dash  after  the  first  stroke,  and  the  light  dot 
or  dash  before  the  second  stroke. 


12  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercises. 

1.  Leave,  live,  ream,  teach,  teeth,  team,  saw,  law,  thaw, 
fee,  jaw,  each,  eat,  peach,  theme,  top,  talk,  ear,  kill,  kick, 
ship. 

2.  Pail,  peck,  peg,  page,  chum,  check,  cape,  coal,  joke, 
cup,  gush,  game,  fetch,  locate,  vacate,  opaque,  forego,  en- 
gage, unfair. 

3.  Alley,   Anna,   Adah,    pulley,   tallow,  juicy,  move, 
match,  lamb,  lath,  tool,  tack,  tap,  cap,  pull,  push,  poor, 
badge,  boom,  patty,  balm. 


1 


A L, 


> 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  13 

Diphthong  Positions  and  Word-Signs. 

The  signs  for  I,  oi,  ou  or  ow,  are  used  as  word-signs 
and  also  to  vocalize  words. 

Ay  or  aye,  I  or  eye,  high,  how,  now,  new,  highly,  higher, 
I  will,  highness,  I  am,  I  do,  I  should,  I  think,  if  I,  may  I, 
hugh,  duel,  poem,  fuel,  piano,  yore,  youth,  yawn,  walk, 
wood,  switch,  thwack,  sweet,  quill,  twig,  dwell. 

V  V  'V 

.„  ......  .............................  -  .......................  —  -  ........  <A..~-  .....  .tr^\  ...........  .S^T.... 


r     <r 


Diphthong  Positions. 

IV 
I     as  in  tie      -        -  or  ice 


IA 
Oi  toy  or  oil  s^ 


Ou  or  Ow  (ow)  vow   -  V/^  or  owl 


Xote.  —  The  position  of  the  diphthong  sign  and  the  way 
it  is  turned. 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercises. 

Pipe,  bite,  tire,  dime,  life,  rhyme,  buy,  alloy,  owl,  tower, 
couch,  vow,  joy,  pouch,  item,  ice,  eyes,  Isaac,  Leo,  oily, 
bow,  Ida,  thou,  now,  payee,  like,  lime,  house,  mouse,  towel, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


The  position  of  the  vowel  sign  on  the  stroke  is  1st 
place,  2d  place,  or  3d  place.  These  correspond  identi- 
cally with  the  1st  place,  2d  place,  or  3d  place,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  line  of  writing,  so  that,  if  the  vowel  sign 
be  omitted,  the  position  of  the  outline  indicates  the  vowel 
in  the  word.  The  foregoing  illustrations  show  the  po- 
sition of  the  different  strokes  in  the  different  positions,  as 
the  vowel  is  indicated  both  by  the  position  of  writing  and 
the  position  of  the  vowel  sign. 

When  there  are  two  or  more  vowels  in  a  word,  the 
accented  vowel  determines  the  position.  If  the  accented 
vowel  is  a  first  place  vowel  it  is  written  in  the  1st  posi- 
tion] if  a  second-place  vowel,  in  the  2d  position;  if  a 
third-place  vowel,  in  the  3d  position. 

Note. — Refer  to  and  practice  the  work  under  "The 
Vowel  Scheme"  frequently,  or  until  it  becomes  familiar. 
The  more  thoroughly  it  is  learned  the  more  readily  can 
the  position  of  a  word  be  determined.  Finally  the  posi- 
tion will  occur  to  you  almost  without  thinking.  The 
words  used  to  illustrate  the  use  of  the  vowel  signs,  in 
actual  work,  would  be  written  as  they  are  and  in  the  po- 
sition in  which  they -are  placed,  but  with  the  vowel  sign 
omitted.  The  positions  represent  the  same  vowel  sounds 
that  these  vowel  signs  represent. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  15 

/ 

LESSON  I. 

THIRD  PART. 

Write  the  following  words  on  the  proper  positions  to 
spell  the  word,  omitting  the  vowel  signs.  If  extra  prac- 
tice in  the  use  of  the  vowel  -signs  is  desired,  the  words 
may  be  written  again  and  each  word  vocalized. 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

Pay,  pray,  play,  plain,  pain,  brain,  day,  may,  try,  ply, 
fly,  flow,  chair,  true,  prime,  plum,  mail,  make,  grow, 
gray,  grace,  see,  saw,  so,  same,  some,  ship,  please,  place, 
price,  prices,  raise,  rise,  like,  know,  seems,  same  as,  soon, 
soon  as,  as  soon  as,  bills,  Topeka,  Minneapolis,  J.  M. 
Peck,  Minnesota. 


It  is  a  great  saving  to  the  reporter  to  omit  the  vowels 
and  designate  the  vowels  by  the  position  in  which  the 
word  is  written. 

Having  the  ability  to  read  your  notes  without  the 
vowel  signs  you  are  released  from  the  drudgery  and  loss 


16  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

of  the  time  it  takes  to  put  in  all  the  vowels.     Remember 
that  "To  save  time  is  to  lengthen  life." 

Note. — The  position  of  some  words  is  changed  to  avoid 
confusion  with  other  words  of  similar  outline.  "Any,"  en, 
is  written  on  the  1st  position  so  as  not  to  conflict  with  "no." 
"Him"  is  written  on  the  line  so  as  not  to  conflict  with  "me." 
And  so  on  for  some  other  words  where  it  seems  best. 

Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

Many  words  occur  very  frequently,  so  that  it  is  both 
safe  and  expedient  to  represent  them  by  simple  strokes 
or  signs  which  soon  become  as  familiar  as  figures,  and 
are  really  an  aid  to  reading  as  well  as  speed,  as  soon  as 
they  are  thoroughly  fixed  in  the  mind. 

The  small  circle  at  the  end  of  a  character,  in  phrasing, 
is  is,  his,  as,  has,  or  us. 

Note. — A  good  way  to  learn  these  word-signs  and 
phrases  is  to  take  one  group  at  a  time.  Practice  writing 
it  several  times,  then  read  it  over  and  over,  forward  and 
backword.  After  each  group  is  learned  in  this  way  so 
that  the  following  shorthand  plate  can  be  read  without 
hesitation,  then  write  them  from  dictation. 

1.  A-an-and,  the,  of,  to,  or,  but,  he,  on,  should,  all, 
two-too,  already,  before,  owe,  who- whom,  ought,  I-eye, 
how,  now,  this,  new,  as-has,  is-his,  we,  with,  were,  what, 
would-wood,  you,  each,  which,  much. 

2.  At,  it,  time,  had,  advertise-d-ment,  they,  them,  if, 
for,  ever,  have,  however,  think,  thank-ed.  was,  us,  use,  use 
(uze),  shall,  wish,  issue,  usual-ly,  will,  him,  am,  in,  any, 
own,  are,  here,  hear,  our,  hour,  her,  thing,  or,  long,  young, 
owing,  important-ce,  improve-d-ment,  where,  business,  up, 
hope,  party,  go,  together,  come,  common,  company,  large, 
advantage,  your,  yours. 

3.  Of  us,  to  us,  'he  is,  what  is,  where  is,  we  are,  he  has, 
he  will,  you  will,  will  you,  we  will,  we  have,  are  you,  you 
are,  he  may,  dear  sir,  gentlemen,  to-day,  to-morrow,  yours 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  17 


truly,  of  the,  to  the,  if  the,  for  the,  for  a,  have  the,  in  the, 
in  a,  at  the,  at  a,  on  the,  with  the,  were  the,  what  the, 
would  then. 


J[ (. / ^ x. 


V  /  V 

..\) I / A.       ,-, 

o-v  f 


C  C 


-a  .....  I  .......  I  ......  L\  ........  /  ..........  C  .........  C  .......  ( 


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W^ "- 


..:..«•. .;. 


Dear  Sir : 

We  saw  each  of  the  advertisements  you  had  in  to-day 
and  they  say  they  will  have  them  in  to-morrow.  Shall  I 
see  them  and  have  them  keep  them  in  or  do  you  wish  them 
to  go  in  any  time  soon  ?  They  will  give  us  the  business  if 
we  will  give  them  the  price  they  ask  for  the  advertisement. 
When  will  you  have  time  to  go  to  see  them  and  see  if  you 
may  come  together  on  this  thing?  Should  you  come  to- 
day, I  would  go  with  you  to  see  them. 


18 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


They  were  here  a  few  clays  ago  for  an  hour  or  two  and 
said  they  would  like  to  have  the  wood.  We  are  to  have 
some  advantage  in  the  rate'if  we  take  it  now,  and  I  think 
it  would  be  well  to  make  it  large.  It  is  important  to  ad- 
vertise this  improvement  if  we  are  to  have  much  advant- 
age to  come  to  us  for  it.  They  usually  issue  at  this  time 
in  each  month,  so  see  to  it,  for  we  should  be  on  time. 
Yours  truly, 


, L ). L/C 


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GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY,  19 


LESSON  II. 
Circles  and  Loops. 

1.  The  small  iss  circle  is  joined  on  the  upper  or  right- 
hand  side  of  straight  strokes  and  inside  of  curves  at  the 
beginning  or  end,  and  represents  s  or  s  sounds. 

2.  The  large  ss  circle  for  ses,  ces,  sez,  etc.,  is  joined  in 
the  same  way. 

o.  A  loop  instead  of  the  circle,  extending  one-half 
the  length  of  the  consonant  stroke  is  st,  sd,  zd.  It 
is  joined  in  the  same  manner  as  the  circles.  This  loop 
must  not  be  used  when  a  vowel  sound  comes  between  the 
s  and  /,  etc.  , 

4.  The  loop  enlarged  is  sir,  sdr,  etc.     It  is  called  the 
stcr  loop.     It  is  usually  at  the  end  of  an  outline,  seldom 
used  between  strokes,  and  never  at  the  beginning. 

5.  Another  sound  of  ^  following  the  large  circle  or 
the  loop  is  expressed  by  a  small  circle  following  on  the 
other  side  of  the  consonant  stroke. 

G.  Between  straight  strokes  the  circles  are  joined  on 
the  outside  of  the  angle.  When  there  is  no  angle,  the 
circle  is  written  in  the  regular  way.  Between  a  straight 
stroke  and  a  curved  stroke  the  circle  is  written  on  the  in- 


20  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

side  of  the  curve.  Between  two  curves  the  circle  is  writ- 
ten in  the  most  convenient  way.  Usually  on  the  inside 
of  the  first  curve. 

7.  Two  strokes  like  b-b,  t-d,  d-t,  p-p,  k-k,  r-r,  h-r,  are 
joined  without  raising  the  pen.  A  tick  in  the  direction 
of  ch,  made  up  or  down,  is  "the." 


Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

Practice  reading  the  notes  in  the  shorthand  plates  of 
this  lesson  until  they  can  be  read  without  referring. 
This  will  fix  the  outlines  in  the  mind  so  that  the  speed 
in  reading  and  writing  will  be  increased,  and  the  writing 
will  be  more  accurate.  For  extra  practice  the  exercises 
may  be  written  with  and  without  the  vowel  signs. 

1.  Space,    case,   sick,   soar,   sir,   sight,   source,   cross, 
grease,  safes,  reverse,  freeze,  breeze,  please. 

2.  Prices,  losses,  this  is,   faces,   resources,  possessed, 
it  is  as,  it  is  his. 

3.  Pleased,  step,  post,  list,  host,  closed,  fast,  traced, 
classed. 

4.  Mister  (Mr.),  Master,  muster,  pastor,  poster,  min- 
ister, duster,  plaster,  cluster. 

5.  Successes,   emphasizes,    masters,    dusters,   posters, 
clusters,  blasts. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  £1 

(I.     T<\^1<,  bask,  nisi,  gasp,  reason,  pu/zle,  chasm,  rasp, 
desire. 

7.     Pipes,  roar,  kick,  gag,  pop,  by  the,  with  the,  which 
the.  to  have,  of  all. 


.- V. 

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-V 


Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  First,  at  first,  at  least,  next,  instant-ce  (hist),  Mrs. 
Misses,     largest,     disadvantage,     influence,      influences, 
influenced,  stenograph-er-y,  longest,  youngster,  youngest, 
common,    commonest,    postage,    also,    always,    object-ed, 
anything. 

2.  United  States,  answer,  hence,  because,  never,  No- 
vember,   December,    January,    February,    change-d,  ex- 


22 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


change-d,  regular,  irregular,  satisfy-ed.  satisfactory,  im- 
possible-y-ility,  respectfully. 


Note.—  The  words  "of,"  "to,"  "of  the,"  "to  the," 
"from  to,"  etc.,  may  be  expressed  by  proximity,  that  is, 
by  writing  two  outlines  very  near  to  each  other. 

3.  Yours  of  the  loth,  we  have  yours  of  the  12th,  from 
time  to  time,  from  day  to  day,  day  of  the  month,  yours 
truly,  we  shall,  we  wish,  to  make  the,  if  possible,  will 
sell,  request-ed,  office,  to-day,  to-morrow,  post-office,  we 
are  in  receipt  of,  we  are  in  receipt  of  yours  of  the  12th, 
our  own,  your  own. 


/    J     i       a 


Note.  —  "At  least"  should  be  on  the  1st  position. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  23 

Mr.  J.  M.  Johnson,  lp 

Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  have  yours  of  the  12th  inst.,  and  we  shall  try  to 
make  the  sale  for  you,  and  if  possible  will  sell  for  cash.  • 

We  usually  have  to  give  some  time  on  such  deals  as 
these,  but  in  this  instance  we  think  we  may  receive  trie 
cash.  It  is  our  purpose  to  do  so.  ff  we  ever  have  a  case 
like  this,  we  are  at  some  disadvantage.  However,  we 
will  use  our  influence  and  do  our  best  for  you. 

We  hope  to  hear  from  time  to  time  what  you  think  of 
these  things,  and  have  you  suggest  what  we  should  do. 
Yours  truly, 

Mr.  F.  P.  Miller, 

Salem,  Mass. 
Dear  Sir : 

We  have  yours  of  the  10th  inst.,  in  which  -you  request 
us  to  wire  you  to-day  and  also  the  mill.  We  will  do  so. 
We  desire  to  ask  you  if  you  think  it  is  necessary  to  have 
the  posters  here  at  this  office?  They  will  use  what  they 
have  to-day.  We  have  seen  them  and  they  say  they  will 
give  us  the  business. 

In  yours  of  the  6th,  you  ask  when  we  will  ship  the 
coal  which  we  were  to  ship  to-day.  We  shall  ship  as 
soon  as  possible.  We  will  take  advantage  of  any  rates 
to  help  you. 

We  hope  to  hear  from  time  to  time  as  to  any  change  in 
prices  during  November,  December,  January,  and  Feb- 
ruary.   They  are  usually  irregular  for  those  months  and 
it  is  impossible  for  us  to  keep  up  with  them. 
Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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Suggestions. 

The  Author  has  found  it  to  be  an  excellent  plan  to  take 
the  pupil  or  class  through  to  Lesson  X,  and  then  go  back 
to  the  first  lesson  and  go  over  it  all  again,  having  the 
pupils  work  each  lesson  out  as  though  they  had  never  seen 
it  before,  requiring  all  the  shorthand  plates  to  be  read, 
from  the  book,  until  they  can  be  read  rapidly  and  ac- 
curately. At  the  same  time,  the  matter  in  each  lesson  is 
dictated  to  the  class.  Repetition  is  the  secret  of  progress 
and  perfection,  so  this  matter  should  be  read  and  written 
over  and  over,  no  matter  how  familiar  it  becomes. 

While  going  over  the  work  in  this  way  the  second  time, 
the  work  in  the  Universal  Dictation  Course  is  taken  up, 
beginning  with  the  "Wood  and  Coal  Business"  and  car- 
ried along.  The  pupils  can  prepare  on  ten  letters  at  a 
time  in  the  Universal  Dictation  Course  in  connection  with 
the  work  on  the  lesson  in  this  book. 

The  Universal  Dictation  Course  is  made  up  of  actual 
business  letters  and  other  matter  selected  from  twenty- 
six  different  lines  of  business,  beginning  with  easy  letters 
and  gradually  bringing  in  more  difficult  work.  It  is  in- 
tended to  follow  the  work  in  this  book.  Both  make  a 
complete  course  and  cover  the  business  man's  vocabulary, 
and  a  very  large  part  of  Court  Reporting.  Thoroughness 
and  speed  will  follow  as  a  result  of  this  plan. 

Xote. — For  list  of  common  words  and  phrases,  and  the 
names  of  the  days,  months,  states,  and  cities,  refer  to 
Lesson  XII. 


Note  that  the  number  of  lines  mentioned  at  the  end  of 
each  rule  or  paragraph  refers  to  the  groups  of  words  un- 
der "Reading  and  Writing  Exercise,"  and  also  to  the 
groups  of  shorthand  outlines  in  the  shorthand  plate  which 
follows. 

Practice  the  words  and  phrases  illustrating  the  rules 
mentioned,  and  then  use  the  shorthand  plate  for  a  reading 
lesson.  The  test  is  to  read  it  readily  without  referring. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  27 

LESSON  III. 
The  Ticks. 

A  tick  in  the  direction  of  ch  is  used  instead  of  the  stroke 
h  when  more  convenient.  It  is  used  before  k,  g,  s,  s,  I,  or, 
in,  ;;//>,  ar.  It  is  used  between  strokes  when  it  makes  a 
good  joining.  It  is  written  on  the  e  position  for  he.  It 
is  usually  written  downward.  Lines  1-2. 

A  tick  in  the  direction  of  k  or  t  at  the  beginning  or 
end  of  a  stroke  is  a,  an,  and.  This  tick  may  be  used  at 
the  beginning  of  a  stroke  for  a,  an,  or  and.  Lines  3-4-5. 

A  tick  at  the  beginning  or  end  of  an  outline,  in  the 
direction  of  ch  or  ray,  made  up  or  down,  is  the.  Be- 
tween strokes  it  may  be  written  in  the  direction  of  ch, 
ray,  or  p.  Line  5. 

"/"  is  joined  at  the  beginning  of  a  phrase,  or  between 
strokes  in  phrasing,  by  writing  either  part  of  the  sign. 
The  downward  part  in  the  direction  of  p  before  upward 
strokes  or  horizontals,  and  the  upward  part  before  down- 
ward strokes.  Line  8. 

The  h  tick  for  he  may  be  struck  upward  at  the  begin- 
ning before  b,  t,  d,  or  any  stroke  with  which  it  will  no* 
make  a  good  joining  when  written  downward.  It  is 
written  regardless  of  position,  in  phrasing. 

The  brief  w  and  v  signs  are  often  joined  to  other  words 
and  are  used  in  phrasing.  Line  9. 

The  "the"  tick  detached  at  the  end  is  ing  the.  A  dot 
at  the  end  of  a  stroke  is  ing,  and  made  heavy  is  ings, 
Line  10. 


28  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

1-2.  Horse,  hem,  whistle,  whist,  whey,  wheeze, 
awhile,  whence,  whine,  whim. 

3-4-5.  Of  a,  and  a,  for  a,  have  a,  and  you,  and  at  a. 
and  it  may,  and  it  may  be,  and  as,  and  is,  should  a,  and 
may  be. 

0-7.  At  the,  for  the,  if  the,  on  the,  make  the.  with  the, 
what  the,  hear  the,  name  the,  were  the,  was  the,  as  the, 
is  the. 

8.  I  was,  he  was,  I  will,  he  will,  I  think,  I  do,  I  shall 
be,  I  will  be,  I  am,  I  have. 

9.  Hedge,  he  thinks,  but  he,   for  he,  and  he,  is  he, 
or  he,  as  he.  you  will,  will  you,  for  you,  we  have,  you 
have,  we  think  you,  as  you  are. 

10.  Doing,  having,  giving,  taking,  doing  the,  having 
the,  giving  the,  losing  the,  making  the,  doings,  goings, 
sayings. 


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GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  29 

Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  Had,   advertise-d-ment,   out,    dollars,   do,   am,    in, 
any,  own,  year,  yet,  beyond,  when,  when  you,  we  will, 
while,  where  you,  you  may,  able,  able  to,  be  able  to,  why. 

2.  Public,    important-ce,    improve-d-ment,    difficult-y, 
kingdom,  gentlemen,  several,   Savior,  represent-ed,  sub- 
ject-ed,  knowledge,  acknowledge,  deliver-ed,  to  do. 

3.  As  has,  is  as,  is  his,  it  is,  it  is  as,  it  was  his,  it  must, 
which  must,  at  most,  yes  sir,  no  sir,  of  us,  to  us,  for  us, 
if  you,  for  you,  he  is,  he  will,  he  was,  we  have,  with  it, 
we  wish,  in  reply,  will  say. 


I  I 


30  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

1. 

Messrs.  Cable  &  Lacy, 

Plattsburg,  Mo. 
Gentlemen : 

We  have  yours  of  the  14th  inst,  and  in  reply  will  say 
we  are  out  of  the  soft  coal.  We  are  able  to  ship  the  lump 
coal  and  will  ship  same  to-day.  We  should  like  to  de- 
liver several  cars  this  month,  but  may  have  some  diffi- 
culty in  shipping  what  you  wish  next  week.  We  are 
making  the  best  price  possible.  The  rate  to  you  will  be 
the  same  as  you  have  had,  and  as  is  advertised  by  us. 

We  know  the  importance  of  our  shipping  you  the  coal 
each  week  during  the  year,  and  with  our  new  improve- 
ments we  shall  be  able  to  be  on  time. 

Trusting  this  will  be  satisfactory,  and  hoping  to  see  you 
from  time  to  time,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 

2. 
Mr.  J.  K.  Thomas, 

Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  acknowledge  yours  of  the  15th  inst.  We  had  no 
knowledge  of  this  before.  We  knew  they  were  to  pay 
$25,  but  beyond  this  we  knew  nothing  of  the  difficulty. 

We  shall  issue  our  paper  next  week.  It  will  be  the 
largest  issue  we  have  had  at  any  regular  time.  When  we 
took  up  the  subject  with  the  post-office,  they  said  we 
should  mail  some  of  them  each  day  for  four  days. 

When  you  come  to  the  city,  we  should  be  pleased  to 
have  you  call  and  see  us. 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


31 


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GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  33 

LESSON  IV. 
Shortening  Principle. 

1.  A  stroke  made  half-length  adds  /  or  d. 

2.  A  short  /  detached  is  ted  or  ded. 

3.  Hooked  strokes  are  made  half-length  to  add  t  or  d. 

4.  The  halved  strokes  /,  m,  n,  ar,  when  made  heavy 
add  d,  and  when  light  add  t. 

5.  The  word  signs  for  we,  with,  were,  what,  would, 
and  yon,  are  enlarged  to  add  another  word  of  the  same 
group.     The  /  or  v  hook  may  be  made  inside  for  have 
or  of.     See  group  5. 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

1.  Made,    send,    sent,    sold,    paid,    stopped,    mailed, 
quote,  note,  noted,  feet,  certain,  billed,  received. 

2.  Freight,  freighted,  treat,  treated,  date,  dated,  tried, 
void,  dreaded,  stated. 

3.  Plate,  plant,  bent,  doubt,  debt,  went,  drift,  draft, 
proved. 

4.  Late,  laid,  met,  made,  net,   need,   loud,  estimate, 
anticipate,  promptly,  glad,  kindly,  article,  statement,  ar- 
range-d-ment,  mind. 

5.  We  were,  with  what,  were  we,  what  we,  would 
we,  with  you,  were  you,  what  you,  would  you,  you  were, 
you  would,  we  would,  we  were  of  or  we  were  to  have, 
were  we  to  have  or  were  we  of,  what  we  have  or  what 
would  have,  would  we  have,  were  you  ever,  what  you 
have,   would   you   have,   you   were   to  have,   you   would 
have,  we  would  have,  we  were  not. 


34  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  Put,   about,  quite,  could,   God,  good,   if   it,   after, 
thought,    that,    without,    astonish-ed-ment,    establish-ed- 
ment,  is  it,  as  it,  has  it,  used,  wished,  let,  let  us,  world, 
Lord,  read,  heard,  word,  might,  immediately,  made,  some- 
what, not,  nature,  natural-ly,  under,  want,  till  it,  told,  un- 
til it,  called,  equaled,  valued,  particular-ly,  opportunity, 
part,   spirit,   behind,    toward,   accordingly,    cared,    great, 
throughout,  in  order,  did  not,  do  not,  had  not,  was  not, 
gentlemen,  gentleman,  kind,  cannot,  account,  will  not,  we 
will  not,  are  not,  we  are  not,  were  not,  mind,  may  not,  am 
not,  we  may  not,  it  will  not,  which  will  not.  without  the, 
under  the,  within  the,  after  the,  after  he  is,  had  been,  have 
been. 

2.  Held,  hold,  help,  valued,  hand,  owned,  until,  been, 
into,  anything,  intend,  attend,  at  one,  at  hand,  at  once,  tell, 
till,   it   will,   belief,   believe-d,   careful-ly,   within,    alone, 
often,  opinion,  even. 

o.  Forward,  afterward,  hereafter,  consider-ed-ably, 
whatever,  satis fy-ed-actory,  sufficient,  efficient,  deficient, 
proficient,  differ-ed-ence,  defer-red,  similar,  original-lv. 
inconsistent,  onward,  interest,  understand,  understood, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  35 

undertake,    intelli^cnl-ly.    intelligence,    question,    individ- 
ual, correct-ed,  collect-ed. 

!.  Anybody,  somebody,  nobody,  privilege-d,  wisdom, 
character-istic,  begin,  began,  begun,  absolutely,  absolute- 
ly necessary,  impossibil-y-ity,  heretofore,  woman,  more 
than,  electric-ity,  probable-y-ility,  notwithstanding,  nev- 
ertheless, mistake,  mistaken,  imagine,  religion,  general-ly, 
again,  against. 

c     ^  (  <   c     >   j    > 

.....  s:-  \  .....  .....  v 

J 


V    J 


-H  .....  J  .....  LJLf  ..... 


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36  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

1. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Williams, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Dear  Sir : 

Yours  of  the  25th  received  and  noted.  After  delaying 
our  answer  somewhat  to  ascertain  the  facts,  we  have  to 
say  that  while  we  usually  have  a  large  stock  of  such  goods 
on  hand,  we  have  a  small  supply  now.  It  is  not  easy  at 
this  time  of  the  year  to  get  these  goods.  We  have,  how- 
ever, received  some  recently.  It  is  impossible  for  us  to 
ship  all  the  goods  at  once,  but  we  can  send  some  now  and 
some  in  a  few  days. 

We  desire  to  establish  a  good  business  in  your  terri- 
tory and  feel  that  you  can  help  us.  We  have  no  doubt 
but  that  you  could  sell  lots  of  goods  for  us,  and  we  shall 
feel  indebted  to  you,  if  you  would  look  after  our  inter- 
est, and  we  are  certain  nobody  would  do  better  by  you. 

Let  us  know  soon  what  you  think  about  it. 
Yours  truly, 

2. 

Milligan  Grocer  Co., 

Peoria,  111. 
Gentlemen : 

We  are  in  receipt  of  yours  of  the  14th  inst.,  and  in  re- 
ply will  say  that  we  cannot  grant  you  the  privilege  of  col- 
lecting the  rent  for  the  amount  of  our  account.  It  is  ab- 
solutely impossible  for  us  to  do  anything  for  you  at  this 
time.  We  will,  however,  take  it  up  immediately  and  duly 
consider  it.  We  did  look  into  it  at  length  at  one  time,  but 
did  not  consider  it  the  part  of  wisdom  to  do  anything  at 
that  time. 

We  will  hold  a  meeting  and  try  to  take  some  step  look- 
ing toward  the  settlement.  They  will  want  to  consider  the 
nature  and  character  of  the  account,  and  see  what  the  dif- 
ference is.  I  will  send  you  word  or  let  you  know  by  mail 
what  they  decide.  Until  then,  I  am, 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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38  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

3. 
Mr.  S.  L.  Masterson, 

-    Omaha,  Neb. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  letter  of  the  12th  inst..  received  and  we  have  read 
what  you  have  to  say  about  the  account,  to  the  gentlemen 
who  represent  the  Missouri  Glass  Manufacturing  Co.,  and 
have  sent  word  to  Mr.  Jones  to  meet  us  here  to-morrow. 
They  talk  intelligently  about  the  question,  but  say  it  is  ab- 
solutely necessary  to  check  the  books.  Accordingly  I  have 
given  them  sufficient  time  for  that,  and  the  privilege  of 
looking  at  the  original  papers.  It  will  take  considerable 
time  to  do  this,  but  think  it  the  best  way  as  it  absolutely 
impossible  to  know  we  are  correct  until  this  is  done.  They 
will  probably  finish  this  week,  and  I  will  tell  them  that 
payment  may  be  deferred  until  Wednesday. 

Trusting  this  will  be  satisfactory,  I  am, 
Yours  truly, 

4. 
Mr.  J.  D.  Dalton, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  are  in  receipt  of  yours  of  the  12th  and  note  carefully 
what  you  say.  We  are  somewhat  behind,  but  we  have  an 
efficient  man  at  that  desk  now  and  in  my  opinion  we  shall 
be  able  to  kep  that  part  of  the  work  up.  I  cannot  imagine 
how  such  a  mistake  as  you  point  out  could  be  made,  but  it 
was  made  and  we  shall  hold  it  against  the  one  who  made  it. 

We  have  your  inclosure  showing  the  kind  of  electric 
goods  you  may  want  from  time  to  time.  We  cannot  sup- 
ply all  you  have  on  the  list,  but  if  you  are  going  to  use 
electricity  hereafter,  we  shall  begin  at  once  to  lay  in  a 
larger  supply,  and  keep  on  hand  just  what  you  may  need. 

Trusting  to  have  a  similar  statement  often  of  what- 
ever you  care  to  have  us  carry  for  you,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 
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39 


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Suggestion. 

The  lengthening  principle  is  very  useful  in  writing,  as 
are  some  expedients  presented  in  the  following  lesson. 
Reading  and  writing  over  and  over  again  is  the  royal  road 
to  speed  and  accuracy.  Think  as  you  practice  so  that 
every  outline  may  have  a  meaning  as  well  as  appearance, 
and  then  take  a  pride  in  being  able  to  read  accurately 
and  rapidly.  Do  not,  however,  expect  to  accomplish  this 
in  one  huge  effort.  Have  patience. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  41 

LESSON  V. 
Lengthening  Principle. 

1.  Any  of  the  consonant  strokes  except  emp,  emb, 
ing  are  made  double  their  usual  length  to  add  ter,  der, 
ther.  If  iss  be  written  at  the  end  it  is  read  last. 

Matter,  mutter,  later,  letter,  modern,  tender,  slaughter, 
scatter,  twitter,  mother,  father,  water,  take  their,  spatter, 
writer,  shutter,  Easter,  squander,  had  there,  up  there,  un- 
til they  are,  to  their,  had  there  been,  go  there,  if  there  is, 
for  there  is,  while  there  is. 


:l\f; 


•.\  The  strokes  cmp,  cuib  are  made  double  length  to 
add  er,  for  mnpcr,  enipcr,  iinpcr,  omper,  umper  and  am- 
ber, ember,  imber,  ombcr,  umber.  The  ing  or  ng  stroke 
is  lengthened  to  add  ker,  ger,  in  such  words  as  longer, 

younger,  sinker. 

Linger,  thinker,  tinker,  jumper,  timber,  lumber,  hun- 
ger, canker,  temper,  sinker,  younger. 


3.  When  tcr,  dcr,  flier,  cannot  be  expressed  by  length- 
ening, they  are  indicated  by  a  heavy  connected  dash  in 
the  direction  of  b  or  /.  When  this  dash  is  detached  it  is 
ing  there  or  ing  their,  or  itigly. 


42  GKAIIAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Can  there,  would  there,  sent  there,  been  there,  what 
their,  what  there  is,  were  there,  with  their,  it  is  their, 
remain  there,  because  there  is,  as  there  is,  doing  there, 
having  their,  staying  there,  knowingly,  willingly. 


1.  The  sign  for  "be"  is  written  through  the  line  for 
"to  be,"  and  any  common  word  such  as  to-day,  to  do,  to 
make,  may  be  expressed  by  writing  the  second  word 
close  under  the  line.  This  is  sometimes  called  the  4th 
position.  The  3d  position  for  horizontals  is  one-half 
the  length  of  "t"  below  the  line. 

To  be,  to-day,  to  do,  to  make,  to  pay,  to  put. 


]  ........ 


Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  Upon,   than,    phonography,    principal-le-ly,   prac- 
tice-al-ly,    peculiar-ly-ty,    number,    member,    remember, 
danger,    passenger,    messenger,    manager,    half,    halve, 
above,  truth,  return,  quality,  quantity,  ordinary-ily,  extra- 
ordinary, representative,  creature,  acquaint-ed-ance. 

2.  Entire,  entirely,  neither,    another,    order,    rather, 
rather  than,  rather  not,  whether,  the  other,  moment,  more 
than,  upon  receipt  of  (the),  began,  several  others,  future, 
in  their,  was  there,  when  there,  in  their  own,  let  there, 
sooner  than,  longer  than,  longer,  your  letter,  this  letter, 
next  letter,  last  letter,  my  dear  sir,  secure. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


43 


3.  Hopes,  parties,  times,  advantages,  things,  thinks, 
thanks,  thousands,   years,   yours,   large,   larger,   enlarge, 
changes,  exchanges,  mistakes,  charges,  adjusted,  special- 
ly, correspondence,  whichever. 

4.  "\Yhich  have,  which  of,  to  be,  who  have,  whenever, 
never  ,  another  letter,  we  regret,  in  your  letter,  in  our  let- 
ter, your  order,  we  have  your  order,  we  have  your  letter 
of  the  loth,  we  are  in  receipt  (of)  yours  of  the  12th,  we 
are  in  receipt  (of  your)  letter  of  the  24th,  in  reply  (to), 
in  reference  (to),  in  response  (to),  in  regard  (to),  we 
are  yours  truly,  I  am  yours  truly,  we  remain,  remittance. 


.^v. 


44  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

1. 

Mr.  M.  L.  Johnson, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir : 

Yours  of  the  10th  inst.  is  received  and  we  must  say 
that  while  we  may  not  be  able  to  ship  you  the  goods  as 
soon  as  we  should,  we  shall  not  delay  a  moment  more 
than  we  can  help.  We  must  have  two  or  three  days  time, 
but  you  can  depend  upon  it  that  we  will  ship  as  soon 
as  possible.  We  would  not  like  for  you  to  cancel  this 
order  for  we  have  the  quantity  and  the  quality,-  and 
know  that  we  can  please  you.  We  will  crowd  the  mat- 
ter, and  as  soon  as  the  car  can  be  loaded  we  will  send 
it  to  you. 

We  hope  this  will  be  satisfactory  and  that  we  may 
often  have  the  opportunity  to  fill  your  frequent  orders. 

Yours  truly, 

2. 

Mr.  G.  M.  Simon, 

Madison,  111. 
Dear  Sir : 

Yours  of  the  25th  inst.  at  hand  and  noted.  \Ve 
shall  be  pleased  to  have  your  orders  from  time  to  time, 
and  we  shall  attend  to  them  promptly.  We  are  some- 
what acquainted  with  your  needs  and  feel  quite  sure 
that  we  can  supply  them  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 

We  are  indeed  glad  of  the  opportunity  to  sell  you,  and 
assure  you  we  shall  do  our  best  to  send  you  just  the 
goods  your  trade  demands. 

We  shall  be  glad  to  have  your  orders  often,  as  usual. 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


45 


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46  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

M.  L.  Nicholson  &  Co., 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Gentlemen : 

We  are  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  25th  inst.,  and 
note  what  you  say  about  the  last  shipment  we  made  you. 
The  charges  are  no  doubt  excessive  and  we  will  take  the 
matter  up  with  the  railroad  company^and  see  what  we  can 
do  to  get  them  to  refund  part  of  it. 

Upon  looking  up  the  papers,  I  find  a  number  of  such 
cases  within  the  past  few  months.  It  is  my  opinion  that 
they  will  be  easily  adjusted.  In  this  particular  instance, 
they  were  simply  mistaken  as  to  the  rate  that  had  been 
agreed  upon.  The  party  who  rendered  the  expense-bill 
was  evidently  not  acquainted  with  the  arrangement  we 
have.  You  will  remember  that  we  had  to  ask  them  to 
correct  a  bill  for  this  same  reason  before.  They  are 
generally  quite  correct  and,  ordinarily,  have  been  per- 
fectly willing  to  make  adjustment. 

Thanking  you  and  hoping  to  have  your  future  orders, 
we  are  Yours  truly, 

H.  G.  Davidson  &  Co., 

Houston,  Texas. 
Gentlemen : 

Yours  of  the  12th  inst.  is  received  in  regard  to  the 
goods  shipped  you  recently.  Was  there  any  one  present 
when  their  goods  arrived?  We  have  their  order  for  an- 
other shipment,  and  have  taken  the  matter  up  with  them. 
We  will  find  out  when  their  representative  will  be  here,  as 
we  prefer  to  see  some  one  personally  rather  than  take  it 
up  by  correspondence. 

We  have  your  order  booked  for  2  cars  of  lumber,  and, 
while  there  is  an  order  in  before  yours,  \vc'  shall  try  to 
get  yours  shipped  as  quickly  as  possible.  Our  timber  is 
fine  and  we  will  give  you  the  best  to  be  had. 

Thanking  you  for  your  letter  and  hoping  to  have  your 
future  orders,  we  are,  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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48  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

5. 

H.  M.  Sponenberger.  Esq., 

Cedar  Rapids,  la. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  letter  of  the  10th  inst.  at  hand  and  noted.  \Ye 
have  your  order  and  while  we  may  not  be  able  to  ship  as 
soon  as  we  should  like,  we  shall  not  delay  a  moment 
more  than  is  necessary. 

Upon  receipt  of  the  order  we  began  to  load  it.  One 
car  is  practically  loaded  now,  and  the  entire  order  and 
several  others  will  be  ready  for  shipment  to-morrow. 
Had  there  been  enough  cars,  neither  of  the  other  orders 
would  have  been  delayed.  They  are  doing  their  best,  and 
we  shall  willingly  get  other  help  when  necessary. 

Trusting  this  will  make  the  matter  satisfactory  and 
hoping  to  have  the  opportunity  to  fill  your  future  orders, 
we  are,  Yours  truly, 

6. 

Mr.  J.  K.  Majors, 

Bluffton,  Ind. 
My  Dear  Sir : 

We  have  your  letter  of  the  loth  inst.,  in  regard  to 
the  matter  of  equipment.  We  sent  our  representative  up 
there  and  asked  him  to  wait  until  they  are  ready,  and 
then  take  their  order  if  possible.  If  there  is  any  chance 
to  get  this  order,  we  shall  willingly  squander  a  little  time 
and  money  to 'secure  it.  It  is  a  peculiar  case  and  the 
advantages  are  with  the  other  parties,  but  our  man  thinks 
that  on  account  of  some  changes  we  may  succeed. 

Ordinarily  we  would  not  do  this,  but  this  is  an  extra- 
ordinary instance.  You  remember,  in  our  letter  to  you 
some  time  ago  we  stated  that  we  had  some  special  cor- 
respondence in  reference  to  this  matter. 

Thanking  you  and  hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon,  we 
remain,  Yours  truly. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


49 


•Vs 


/ 


Suggestion. 

The  practice  of  transcribing  the  notes  in  these  short- 
hand plates  on  the  typewriter  will  impress  the  correct 
form  of  the  outlines  on  the  mind,  which  is  one  of  the 
most  important  items  in  increasing  speed  in  writing  from 
dictation.  However,  after  the  notes  are  correct  or  fairly 
so,  much  writing  on  the  typewriter  should  be  done  from 
the  notes  taken  from  dictation.  One  must  be  familiar 
with  his  own  writing.  This  familiarity  can  only  be  ac- 
quired by  much  reading.  It  is  wise  to  have  one  way  to 
write  a  word.  If  a  word  be  written  one  way  at  one  time 
and  another  way  at  another  time,  a  certain  amount  of 
hesitation  in  both  reading  and  writing  will  be  experi- 
enced. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  51 


LESSON  VI. 
The  Hook  Rules. 

1.  THE  "R"   RULE.  —  A  small  hook  on  the  lefthand 
side  of  straight  slanting  strokes  and  on  the  under  side  of 
horizontal  straight  strokes,  at  the  beginning,  is  "r."    This 
hook  may  be  closed  to  prefix  "s,"  making  spr,  str,  etc. 

It  is  a  general  rule  to  use  the  hook  between  strokes 
when  no  vowel  comes  between  the  hook  and  the  stroke. 
There  are  some  exceptions. 

pr       br        tr        dr    chr    jr       kr         gr  spr  str  sdr  skr 

A    \  .......  .1  .........  3  .....  /../...=  .....  «=  ..........  Ml_. 

2.  THE  "R"  RULE.  —  A  small  hook  on  the  righthand 
side  of  straight  slanting  strokes  and  upper  side  of  hori- 
zontal straight  strokes,  is  "1."    The  circle  ^  may  be  writ- 
ten inside  of  this  hook,  making  spl,  stl,  etc.     The  vowel 
may  come  after  the  "s." 

pi          bl          tl        dl     chl      jl        kl          gl         spl  stl  sdl  ski 


f.  .......  f 


52  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Apple,  plea,  eagle,  glow,  tree,  eater,  tiger,  reply,  spray, 
sober,  sister,  scrap,  scrape,  cider,  straw,  split,  settle,  sad- 
dle, school,  disclose. 


r  ^  -r  f        i 

•'  .........  f  ..........  "-  ...............  g—-  Q 


3.     A   loop   in   the   place  of  the   ar-hook   on   straight 
strokes  is  st-ar. 

Stopper,  stacker,  stupor,  stager,  stagger,  stouter,  stut- 
ter. 


4.     When  the  iss  circle  comes  between  straight  strokes 
the  ar-hook  is  expressed  as  follows  : 

Prosper,  destroy,  disaster,  subscribe,  describe,  disagree, 
Jasper,  express,  sinner,  sooner. 


5.     A  small  hook  at  the  beginning  of  ef,  re,  itli,  the, 
and  shay,  is  "1." 

fl  vl  thl         dhl          shl 

c r..... 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  53 

The  same  characters  reversed  and  with  the  hook  at  the 
beginning  add  r.  to  them. 

fr  vr  thr          dhr        shr  zhr 


Fly,   flow,  level,  naval,  hovel,  weavel,   favor,  bushel, 
they  will. 


6.     When  ef,  ~ce,  ith,  are  reversed  the  small  hook  is 
"r."     This  hook  at  the  beginning  of  ish  and  she  is  "r." 

Rover,  cover,  gopher,  fisher,  leisure,  thrice,  through, 
free,  frost,  freight,  their,  there. 


Note. — The  small  hook  at  the  beginning  of  ish  (made 
down)  is  "r,"  and  at  the  beginning  of  shay  (made  up) 
is  "1." 

7.     The  small  el-hook  is  enlarged  to  add  r. 

Names : 

pier          tier    chler       kler        fler  thler          shier 

S C. />. s=_S~ .C feA 

clear         color       floor       blare     glare    at  all  our 


54  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

8.     The  small  ar-hook  is  enlarged  to  add  1. 

• 
Names  : 

prel        trel     chrel        krel     frel     threl     shrel      merl        nerl 


1  .........  Z  ..........  cr_  ......  ^  .........  2  ........  J.. 


April,  trial,  moral,  nearly,  liberal,  there  will,  they  are 
all,  from  all,  funeral. 


2 


9.     A  large  hook  at  the  beginning  of  ;;;,  n,  ray,  is  "1." 
ml  nl  rl 


Campbell,  funnel,  real,   unroll,  pay-roll,   railway,  rail 
road,  unless,  calomel. 


Brief  "W." 

The  brief  w  is  joined  at  the  beginning  of  /,  m,  n,  r, 
without  an  angle.  To  other  strokes  it  is  joined  with  an 
angle. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  55 

If  m  and  n  be  made  heavy,  this  hook  is  "r."     The  iss 
circle  may  be  joined  on  the  inside  of  this  hook  for  "sw." 


w-1 


Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  From,   every,    very,   over,    oversight,   overweight, 
member,  remember-ed,  number-ed,  pleasure,  other,  either, 
until,  it  will. 

2.  Able,  able  to,  be  able  to,  probable-y-ility,  danger, 
particular-ly,  opportune-ity,  creature,  spirit,  toward,  ac- 
cording-ly,  forget. 

3.  World,   belong-ed,   deliver-ed,   difficult-y,   value-d, 
capable,  capability,  only,  from  the,  of  their,  we  enclose. 

4.  Please  advise,  truly  yours,  yours  truly,  with  regard 
(to),  in  regard  (to),  in  order  (to),  in  reply,  in  reply  (to), 
in  respect  (to). 

5.  In  receipt  (of),  with  respect  (to),  we  are  in  (re) 
ceipt    (of),   remark-ed,    remarkable-ably,    real-ly,    called, 
determine-d,  commercial,  America,  American. 

6.  Practice-cal-ly,   inclose,   inclosure,   oblige,   market, 
anything,  article,  circular. 

7.  8,  9.     Bill  of  Lading,  Mr.,  Mrs.,  Misses,  we,  were, 
with,  what,  would,  ye,  yet,  you,  would  you,  we  were, 
were  you,  what  you,  with  you,  with  what,  you  were,  you 
\vnuld,   we  shall,  we  wish,  with  whom,  were  the,  with 
them,  in  our,  we  must,  we  know,  we  could,  from  you, .do 
you,  do  you  remember,  it  would  be,  it  is  not,  it  may  be. 


56  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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Note. — It  will  be  noticed  that  some  of  the  word  signs 
above  have  already  occurred  in  other  lists.  They  are  re- 
peated because  of  the  importance  of  becoming  very  familiar 
with  them,  and  because  some  of  them  are  the  basis  of  a 
phrase.  Not  only  practice  making  them  over  and  over, 
but  be  able  to  read  the  above  plate  forward  or  backward 
without  referring. 


Phrase  Writing. 

Phrases  should  be  made  up  of  words  that  have  relation 
to  each  other,  and  come  naturally  together  in  speaking. 
Then  the  writing  and  the  reading  of  it  will  be  natural. 

Phrases  should  not  be  made  too  long,  even  though  the 
joining  may  be  very  natural  and  easy.  The  length  of  it 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  57 

will  naturally  cause  hesitation  to  such  an  extent  that  two 
shorter  phrases  can  be  written  more  quickly.  The  string- 
ing out  of  long  phrases  simply  for  the  sake  of  phrasing 
retards  speed  and  is  a  bad  practice  from  every  view- 
point. The  only  phrases  that  are  of  value  are  those  that 
naturally  increase  speed  and  legibility.  Natural  phrases 
very  materially  assist  the  reader.  The  mere  joining  of 
words  to  avoid  lifting  the  pen  when  it  it  takes  more  time 
than  to  lift  the  pen,  is  not  wise. 

A  phrase  should  not  extend  inconveniently  far  above 
or  below  the  line  of  writing.  Manage  to  keep  near  the 
line  of  writing.  The  first  word  of  a  phrase  is  usually 
written  in  its  natural  position  and  the  subsequent  words 
joined  naturally  to  it,  regardless  of  position.  The  ticks 
a,  an,  and,  the,  he,  etc.,  and  the  circles  is,  his,  as,  has, 
when  they  begin  a  phrase,  accommodate  themselves  to  the 
following  word,  that  is,  the  phrase  is  written  on  the  posi- 
tion of  the  word  following  the  circle.  Phrases,  like  words, 
should  always  be  written  in  the  same  way,  and  not  one 
way  at  one  time  and  an  entirely  different  way  at  another 
time.  This  will  naturally  cause  any  one  to  hesitate  and 
puzzle  at  his  own  notes.  This  principle  can  at  least  be 
observed  and  adhered  to  in  frequently  recurring  phrases. 
Of  course,  there  will  occasionally  come  to  the  writer  a 
natural  phrase  that  he  has  never  made  before  and  it  will 
be  written  unconscious  of  any  effort  to  phrase.  Such 
phrases  are  proper  and  valuable,  and  naturally  grow  out 
of  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  system.  Do  not  get  the 
idea  of  making  up  your  own  phrases  or  adopting  your 
own  special  signs.  Wait  until  you  know  your  system  and 
you  will  not  want  to  do  so.  Profit  by  the  years  of  experi- 
ence of  others. 


58  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Mr.  D.  J.  Campbell, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

In  reply  to  yours  of  recent  date  with  reference  to  the 
market,  we  wish  to  say,  that  those  with  whom  we  have 
talked  within  the  last  few  days,  seem  to  think  that  prices 
will  get  better  right  along  for  the  next  six  months.  It  is 
remarkable  how  the  price  keeps  up.  and  from  what  we  are 
able  to  see,  we  really  think  that  it  would  be  wise  for  you 
to  hold  for  a  short  time  at  least. 

We  have  your  circular  with  reference  to  your  special 
sale,  and  we  are  inclined  to  think  that  from  the  character 
of  goods  you  offer,  you  should  have  no  trouble  whatever 
to  dispose  of  that  stock  very  soon,  and  hope  you  may  and 
at  a  good  figure. 

With  best  wishes  for  your  success,  we  are, 
Yours  truly, 

H.  L.  Taylor  &  Co., 
Gentlemen:  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

We  have  your  favor  of  the  loth  inst.,  and  note  what 
you  say  about  our  not  having  filled  your  order  as  given 
to  us.  You  will  probably  remember  that  on  this  par- 
ticular order  we  had  a  misfortune  at  the  factory  just  at 
the  time  we  received  it,  and  we  wrote  you  then  that  there 
would  be  some  delay. 

We  are  very  sorry,  indeed,  that  we  could  not  ship 
promptly,  but  we  are  determined  hereafter  to  give  you 
good  service.  We  think  there  is  no  further  danger  of 
delays  such  as  we  had  this  time. 

We  have  been  pushing  this  shipment  for  several  clays, 
and  are  nearly  ready  to  ship.  You  will  observe  that  we 
have  put  in  the  best  quality  and  also  have  been  liberal  in 
quantity  with  you. 

We  hope  to  have  your  frequent  orders  in  the  future, 
which  we  shall  take  great  pleasure  in  filling  promptly  and 
carefully.  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PIIONOC.KAPIIY. 


59 


60  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

T.  J.  Boyd  &  Co., 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Gentlemen : 

Yours  received,  and  we  could  send  you  the  nut  coal 
at  the  price  we  stated  in  our  letter  to  you  a  few  days  ago. 
If  you  think  that  you  would  use  it  at  the  price,  let  us 
hear  at  once,  and  the  amount  you  need  at  present,  and  it 
will  be  shipped  promptly. 

We  could,  however,  make  you  a  better  price  on  other 
terms  which  may  suit  you. 

We  hope  to  hear  promptly  so  we  may  look  after  the 
matter  immediately. 

Yours  truly, 

Milligan  Grocer  Co., 

Salem,  Mass. 
Gentlemen : 

We  have  received  another  letter  in  regard  to  the 
same  matter,  and  they  write  that  you  should  have  ship- 
ped the  goods,  and  that  they  have  waited  several  days 
to  hear  what  the  matter  is.  Of  course  the  waters  are 
high  and  they  do  not  expect  you  to  be  as  prompt  as  us- 
ual, but  they  need  the  goods  now  and  desire  to  know 
whether  you  think  they  should  wait  or  order  somewhere 
else. 

Let  us  know  what  you  think  about  it,  so  that  we  may 
write  so  they  may  know  what  to  do. 

Yours  truly, 

P.  S.  Did  you  see  Joe  to-day?  If  you  did  not  let  me 
know  so  we  may  write  him.  We  may  not  go  there  and 
I  am  not  sure  of  his  address. 


GRAHAM  PHOXUOKAPHY. 


Gl 


II.  L.  Parsons  &  Co.,  5- 

Parsons,   Kan. 
Gentlemen  : 

In  our  letter  of  the  loth  to  our  Air.  Foster  we  wrote 
that  we  had  not  seen  the  goods,  but  that  if  you  think  they 
are  all  right  at  the  price  quoted  and  you  do  not  wish  to 


,62  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

buy  at  this  time,  we  would  buy  the  goods  if  the  account 
would  be  safe  for  this  amount. 

The  lumber  company  will  take  part  of  it,  so  if  there 
should  be  any  left  we  could  sell  several  hundred  feet  at 
the  average  price  immediately.  We  are  behind  with  the 
orders  now  and  may  have  to  let  some  go  over  for  the 
present.  Had  it  not  have  been  for  this  we  would  not 
have  had  to  overdraw  for  the  amount  we  did. 

Every  time,  so  far,  our  weights  have  been  about  the 
average,  and  we  usually  have  no  overweight,  and  if  we 
do  have  it  is  usually  on  account  of  some  oversight. 

In  regard  to  the  matter  of  the  bill  of  sale  we  would 
have  had  it  written  over  if  it  had  been  our  fault,  but  as 
it  was  not,  we  did  not  think  that  we  should  do  it. 

We  hope  to  hear  soon  what  you  decide  to  do. 
Yours  truly, 

6. 
J.  H.  Morton  &  Co., 

Belleville,  111. 
Gentlemen : 

We  have  your  letter  of  the  18th  inst.  in  regard  to  your 
order  of  the  10th.  We  took  this  order  up  immediately 
and  it  will  have  our  usual  care.  Although'  we  are  some- 
what behind  with  our  orders,  we  will  look  after  this  and 
do  our  very  best  to  ship  it  promptly. 

The  demand  has  been  great  and  it  had  to  be  sent  to 
various  mills  before  we  could  get  one  to  ship  it.  It  will 
no  doubt  go  out  in  two  or  three  days  and  if  tracers  are 
sent  after  the  car,  it  will  reach  you  promptly. 

We  hope  it  may  reach  you  in  good  time,  and  thank 
you  for  your  letter.  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PIIOXOC.KAPIIY. 

~Nw> ".."..'". ."..".". 


Suggestions. 

The  size  of  your  shorthand  notes  is  an  important  mat- 
ter. If  your  notes  are  large  at  a  low  rate  of  speed,  what 
may  they  be  when  you  are  crowded  into  a  higher  rate 
of  speed?  If  your  notes  are  large  and  unwieldy,  the 
ability  of  your  hand  to  execute  the  outlines  is  decreased 
and  your  ability  to  increase  your  speed  is  lessened. 

It  is  almost  if  not  equally  detrimental  to  make  notes 
with  too  much  precision.  A  habit  is  hard  to  break  away 
from,  and  if  you  form  the  sluggish  habit  of  the  hand  by 
drawing  your  outlines,  or  making  them  very  slowly,  both 
your  mind  and  hand  will  refuse  to  glide  along,  allowing 
the  words  to  flow,  as  it  were,  off  of  the  end  of  the  pencil. 
There  is  a  middle  ground  just  here  that  is  safer.  Both 
kinds  of  practice  are  necessary.  Slow  writing  to  get  cor- 
rect form  and  size  of  notes,  and  rapid  writing  to  increase 
speed.  Spasmodic  efforts  at  speed  are  all  right  sometimes, 
but  the  natural  and  best  general  method  of  increasing 
speed  is  to  gradually  increase  the  rate.  For  this  there  is 
nothing  better  than  repetition.  Write  the  letters  of  these 
lessons  over  and  over  from  dictation,  gradually  increas- 
ing the  speed  as  suggested. 

A  dull  pencil  or  a  worn  pen  retards  speed  and  really 

affects  the  action  of  the  mind  in  its  conception  of  the  out- 

i  lines  to  be  formed  as  the  words  are  heard.     Keep  the 

pencil  sharp.     You  can  do  anything  better  with  a  sharp 

pencil  than  with  a  dull  one. 

There  will  come  times  when  you  feel  it  impossible  to 
increase  your  speed  by  a  single  w-ord,  and  you  may  be- 
come discouraged  on  account  of  it.  This  is  a  period  of 
crystallization  necessary  to  speed  growth,  and  is  a  time 
for  patience  and  practice,  and  where  you  should  walk  by 
faith  and  not  by  sight.  Read  your  own  notes  over  and 
over  to  become  familiar  with  your  own  characteristics. 
Read  those  at  a  low  rate  and  those  at  a  high  rate  of  speed 
and  thus  improve  those  at  the  high  rate. ' 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  65 

LESSON  VII. 

Final  Hooks. 

A  small  final  hook  on  any  stroke  is  n.  On  straight 
strokes  it  is  joined  on  the  opposite  side  from  which  the  iss 
circle  is  regularly  joined.  On  curves  it  is  written  on  the 
inside  at  the  end.  It  may  be  written  between  strokes  or 
wherever  the  sound  of  n  is  heard,  if  it  will  make  a  good 
joining.  This  hook  may  be  closed  on  straight  strokes  for 
us,  and  made  into  a  loop  for  nst  and  nsd.  This  loop  en- 
larged is  nstr. 

A  small  hook  on  straight  strokes  opposite  the  "n" 
hook  is  f  or  v. 

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fn      vn         thn  dhn    sn    zn  shn  zhn    In     mn     nn  ng-n  w-n 
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Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

Plan,  plans,  balance,  fence,  Spain,  twain,  twenty,  sev- 
enty, deaf,  stove,  stone,  chain,  main,  frown,  fine,  proof, 


Ofi  GRAHAM   1'iioxnCRAriiY. 

prove,  bluff,  hewn,  dance,  dances,  Kansas,  danced,  chanc- 
ed, punster,  punsters,  Kansas  City,  deafen,  divine,  pro- 
voke, punish,  ransom. 


Upon,  happen,  been,  remembrance,  careful-ly,  gave, 
done,  down,  general-ly,  can,  again,  against,  often,  even, 
within,  then,  than,  behind,  build,  had  been,  had  not,  did 
not,  do  not,  alone,  men,  man,  opinion,  none,  known,  no 
one  before,  above,  truth ful-ly,  whoever,  who  have,  I  have, 
I  have  not,  all  of,  of  all,  of  our,  to  our,  to  all,  to  have,  to 
what,  and  of,  and  all,  and  are,  and  would,  and  what,  but 
have,  but  not,  but  are  not,  or  not,  or  if,  plaintiff,  defend- 
ant, imagine,  independent. 


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GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  67 


Letters  for  Practice. 

The  following  letters  bring  in  the  principles  previously 
learned,  and  by  carefully  reading  and  writing  them,  and 
thinking  of  the  principle  that  governs  in  each  outline, 
thoroughness  must  result  and  a  sure  foundation  be  laid 
for  speed. 

After  they  are  learned  as  suggested,  they  should  be 
written  over  and  over  from  dictation  at  a  slow  rate  and  at 
a  rapid  rate  of  speed. 


Mr.  W.  L.  Thompson, 

Chicago,   111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  are  not,  perhaps,  inclined  to  make  our  own  plans  to 
suit  any  one  of  the  twenty  or  more  different  views  that  have 
been  suggested.  We  are  of  the  opinion  that,  within  reason- 
able limits,  you  can  have  your  own  time  to  learn  phono- 
graphy, but  it  will  take  the  kind  of  work  that  will  count.  It 
however  means  much  more  than  you  can  know  now,  because 


68  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

no  one  can  look  ahead  and  see  success  to  encourage  him  to 
greater  effort.  This  is  as  it  should  be  because,  for  the  same 
reason,  he  cannot  look  ahead  and  see  failures  to  discourage 
him.  Too  many  stop  just  at  the  brow  of  the  hill  which  is 
the  very  place  for  the  strong  effort  preceding  success.  It  is 
like  the  darkest  hour  just  before  dawn. 

No  Qne  should  expect  something  for  nothing,  and  every 
one  should  remember  that  anything  of  value  is  worth  the 
effort,  and  that  those  who  are  not  willing  to  put  forth  the 
effort  are  not  worthy,  and  do  not  deserve  success.  If  such 
persons  waste  their  money  and  time  because  they  do  not 
think  right  nor  work  right,  they  should  not  blame  some  one 
else  or  the  institution  for  their  failure.  Common  sense  is  a 
most  uncommon  thing,  but  those  who  are  willing  to  honestly 
use  what  they  have  of  it  get  more,  and  are  rewarded  for 
their  patience  and  effort. 

Yours  truly, 

2. 

H.  D.  Mason  &  Son, 

Harrisonville,  Mo. 
Gentlemen: 

We  have  your  letter  of  the  15th  inst.,  and  carefully  note 
contents.  I  am  not  quite  sure  that  you  can  get  just  the 
particular  goods  that  you  want,  as  we  are  behind  somewhat 
with  our  orders,  and  in  order  to  fill  your  order  as  promptly 
as  possible,  we  have  shipped  part  of  it  to-day  so  that  you 
may  not  be  delayed  in  your  work  there,  and  will  ship  the 
balance  as  fast  as  we  are  able  to  furnish  it  to  you. 

As  opportunity  comes  to  us  we  will  build  up  our  stock,  and 
think  that  hereafter  we  shall  be  so  fortified  that  we  can  fill 
all  orders  promptly. 

Thanking  you  for  your  letter,  and  hoping  to  have  your 
frequent  favors,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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3. 

H.  J.  Morgan  &  Son, 

Nashville,  Tenn. 
Gentlemen: 

Your  order  number  2598  was  received  to-day  and  is  entered 
for  shipment  to-morrow.  We  shall  rush  it  all  we  can  and 
will  send  tracers  so  that  it  may  not  be  delayed  on  the  way. 

In  answer  to  your  inquiry  as  to  the  assessment  of  your 
property  here  will  say  I  have  seen  the  assessor  and  had  him 
examine  the  books  and  he  says  that  the  list  is  made  the 
same,  for  yours  and  for  the  estate  of  which  you  have  charge, 
as  it  was  last  year.  I  did  not  ascertain  the  exact  amount  of 
your  taxes,  but  expect  the  collector  to  send  you  a  statement 
about  the  end  of  the  week. 

In  reference  to  the  amount  of  pur  expense  for  the  last 
three  months  will  say  that  I  think  it  will  be  much  less  here- 
after, as  we  need  not  advertise  in  the  same  way  nor  to  the 
extent  that  we  have  done  heretofore.  I  assure  you  that  I 
shall  do  my  best  to  economize,  and  shall  keep  you  informed 
from  time  to  time  in  regard  to  these  matters. 

Trusting  to  hear  from  you  frequently,  I  am. 

Yours  truly, 


4. 

J.  P.  Mason  &  Co.. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Gentlemen: 

We  are  glad  to  know  that  you  are  having  the  success  that 
you  are,  in  your  line.  We  are  sure  that  you  are  doing  the 
wise  thing  in  staying  with  that  business. 

We  have  your  order  of  the  12th  inst.,  and  in  reply  will  say 
that  we  are  short  on  some  of  the  goods  you  order,  but  are 
shipping  what  there  is  remaining.  If  there  is  not  enough  of 
it  for  you  let  us  know  how  much  more  you  will  need,  and 
include  other  items  sufficient  to  make  a  shipment  and  we  will 
send  as  soon  as  possible. 

What  will  you  require  for  the  next  month?  If  you  will 
make  an  estimate,  we  will  try  to  arrange  so  there  may  be 
no  delay  hereafter.  We  can  have  the  quantity  and  the  quality 
ready  for  you  if  we  only  know  the  kind  you  want  in  time  so 
we  may  select  it.  Kindly  make  us  an  estimate  some  time 
between  now  and  the  first. 

Trusting  to  hear  from  you  soon,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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Suggestion. 

Any  of  the  Benn  Pitman  reference  books  may  be  used 
by  those  who  learn  from  this  .book.  The  Dictionary  in  the 
back  part  of  the  Universal  Dictation  Course,  however, 
will  be  found  to  be  about  all  the  reference  book  any  one 
will  need.  It  contains  words  and  phrases. 

The  outlines  in  the  Pitman  or  Graham  reference  books 
are  the  same  as  the  outlines  in  this  system,  except  the 
position  which  is  different  on  account  of  the  different 
vowel  scheme. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  73 


LESSON  VIII. 
The  F— V  Hook. 


A  small  hook  at  the  end  of  straight  strokes,  written  on 
the  side  that  the  iss  circle  is  regularly  joined,  is  f  or  v. 
If  a  word  ends  with  a  vowel,  the  stroke  for  /  or  v  is 
used.  If  /  or  v  is  the  last  sound  in  the  word,  the  hook 
is  usually  used.  This  hook  may  be  written  between 
strokes.  The  iss  circle  may  be  joined  on  the  inside  of  this 
hook. 

This  hook,  when  made  large,  is  "shun"  for  tion,  sion, 
tian,  sian,  etc.  The  "n"  hook  enlarged  is  "tive." 

When  the  f  or  v  hook  is  used  on  a  halved  stroke,  the 
f  or  v  immediately  precedes  the  t  or  d  and  no  vowel  can 
come  between  the  f  or  v  and  the  t  or  d.  This  hook  is  not 
written  on  curves  as  it  is  already  used  for  n  on  all  curved 
strokes. 


Note. — It  will  be  noticed  in  the  following  "Reading 
and  Writing  Exercise"  that  some  word-signs  and  con- 
tractions have  been  repeated.  This  will  assist  in  keeping 
them  fresh  in  the  mind. 


74  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY, 

Reading  and  Writing  Exercise. 

1.  Above,  beef,  chief,  roof,  tariff,  tough,  sheriff,  mis- 
chief, positive,  deserve,  poverty,  exhaustive,  proof,  skiff, 
quaff,  dwarf,  derive,  starve,  arrive,  arrival,  traffic,  incen- 
tive, divide,  province,  prefer,  reprove,  positiveness,  di- 
vine, scarf,  approves,  caves,  achieves,  archives,  each  of 
us,  which  of  us,  hives. 


_._...iL_. 


JV 
V"" 


Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 

1.  Whatever,  each  of,  each  have,  differ-ed,  different- 
ce,  who  have,  represent,  hopeful-ly,  hope  to  have,  before, 
above,  out  of,  advance-d,  said  to  have,  govern-or-ed,  care- 
ful-ly,  belief,  believe-d,  plaintiff,  defendant,  determine-d, 
determination,  passenger,  messenger,  whichever,  refer, 
reference. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  75 

Mr.  W.  H.  Johnson,  L 

Lamar,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  letter  of  the  loth  inst.  is  received  and  contents 
carefully  noted.  In  reply  will  say  that  whatever  may  be 
the  difference  between  the  parties  in  regard  to  the  sub- 
ject in  question,  we  are  very  hopeful  that  we  may  be 
able  to  bring  about  a  better  understanding.  The  plain- 
tiff and  his  advisor  seem  to  be  very  much  determined  in 
the  matter.  I  have  made  no  advance  whatever  as  yet, 
but  hope  to  have  an  opportunity  to-morrow  to  represent 
you  as  the  defendant,  and  express  your  determination 
and  views.  I  shall  be  governed  strictly  by  my  instruc- 
tions received  from  you. 

Thanking  you  for  your  letter,  I  am, 
Yours  truly, 

Hon.  C.  W.  Hamlin, 

Springfield,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir : 

Yours  of  the  loth  inst.  at  hand  and  noted.  I  have  read 
your  article  on  the  tariff  question,  and  while  I  do  not 
agree  fully  with  everything  you  say,  I  do  not  disagree 
with  reference  to  the  main  points  at  issue,  and  the  incen- 
tive fostered  by  it.  It  is  quite  exhaustive,  and  I  shall  pre- 
serve it  for  reference  from  time  to  time.  I  thank  you  for 
your  kindness  in  sending  it  to  me,  and  feel  that  I  shall 
derive  great  benefit  from  it.  I  appreciate  and  approve 
of  the  positive  manner  in  which  you  deal  with  questions 
which  are  certainly  of  vital  importance. 

Again  thanking  you  and  wishing  you  eminent  success, 
I  am,  Yours  very  truly, 


76 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  77 

3. 
Mr.  \Y.  H.  Wilson, 

Hannibal,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  letter  of  the  25th  inst.  is  received  and  noted. 
Upon  your  request  we  took  up  the  matter  with  Mr. 
Minor.  He  is  acquainted  with  all  the  facts  and  in  our 
opinion  will  be  able  to  overcome  the  difficulty. 

His  object  was  to  find  out  what  he  could  before  he  took 
any  steps  in  the  matter.  It  is  unfortunate,  but  we  do  not 
think,  from  what  we  have  observed,  that  it  will  be  very 
difficult  to  get  him  to  furnish  a  supply  even  beyond  our 
own  immediate  needs. 

We  shall  write  you  from  time  to  time,  and  shall  call 
on  them  from  day  to  day  until  we  get  some  definite  re- 
sults. When  we  saw  them  they  said  they  could  supply 
them,  hence  we  wrote  that  we  will  ship  by  the  25th  or 
sooner.  We  assure  you  that  we  will  ship  as  soon  as 
possible,  and  will  do  all  that  we  can,  in  all  the  ways  we 
can  to  avoid  further  delay. 

We  hope  to  hear  from  you  very  soon. 

Yours  truly, 

4. 
Mr.  J.  A.  Feaster. 

Houston,  Tex. 

Dear  Sir : — Your  letter  of  the  13th  inst.  received  some 
time  ago  in  regard  to  the  matter  of  your  note  which  is  due 
to-morrow,  and  in  reply  would  say  that  you  may  send 
your  check  to  us  to  pay  the  note,  if  they  leave  it  with  us. 

We  send  you  with  this  your  letter  received  to-day,  and 
also  send  herewith  another  letter  which  you  may  wish  to 
see. 

You  should  attend  to  this  matter  promptly,  and  it  would 
be  wise  if  you  would  ask  Mr.  Johnson  to  check  up  all 
overweights  and  see  that  the  items  are  correct. 

We  trust  to  hear  from  you  soon  what  you  have. 

Yours  truly, 


78 


GKAHASI  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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LESSON  IX. 
The  "Shun"  and  "Tive"  Hooks. 

A  large  hook  on  the  righthand  side  of  slanting  straight 
strokes,  and  inside  of  curves  at  the  end,  and  on  the  in- 
side of  curves  at  the  end,  is  "shun"  for  tion,  sion,  tian, 
dan,  don,  cean,  etc. 

The  "n"  hook  enlarged  is  "tive."  A  small  hook  or 
curl  after  the  iss  circle  is  "shun." 

Passion,  mission,  fashion,  vision,  operation,  operative, 
nutrition,  nutritive,  attractiveness,  notion,  transcription, 
possession,  position,  positions,  transitional,  transition,  de- 
votion, division,  profusion,  provocation,  ministration. 


THE  BACKWARD  "N"  CURL.  —  A  small  backward  hook- 
before  the  iss  circle,  at  the  beginning  of  any  stroke  is 
in,  en,  un,  regardless  of  position. 

Inseparable,  unstrung,  instrumental,  unsalable,  inser- 
tion, unsoldierly,  insurrection,  enslave,  increase,  insol- 


80  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

vent,  insolent,  insult,  instructor,  unscrupulously,  inspired, 
inspiration. 


Word  Signs  and  Phrases. 


1.  Information,    representation,    representative,    sub- 
jection, subjective,  objection,  objective,  generation,  imag- 
ination, association,  descriptions,  consideration,  determi- 
nation, conversation,  satisfaction,  expression,  suggestion, 
condition,  consider-ed-ably,  consideration,  conclusion. 

2.  Circumstance,    circumstances,     circumstantial,     in- 
struction, concern,  in  some,  selfish,  unselfish,  inexperience, 
inconsiderate,  inscription. 

3.  Organs,  organize,  organized,  organization,  deliver- 
ed, against,  again,  change-d,  exchange-d,  awhile,  charge-d, 
anxiety,  anxious,  astonish-ed-ment,  cheerful-ly.  general-ly, 
happy,  happen,  happiness,  regular-ly,  regularity,  irregular- 
ly, irregularity,  manufacture-er-ory,  machine,  machinery, 
particular-ly,    peculiar-ly-ity,    remark-ed,     remarkable-y, 
Mr.,  more,  secure,  surprise,  surprised,  spirit,  toward,  to- 
day, to-morrow,  withheld,  withhold,  beheld,  behold,  be- 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


81 


hind,  unable  (to),  sufficient,'  efficient,  deficient,  profi- 
cient, superintendent,  frequent-ly,  country,  county,  State 
and  Nation,  city. 


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N  .....  ^  ........  i  .....  .  .....  ^s^UL  .....  £  .....  >....),.>  .....  .^s..L/.. 


83  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

1. 

H.  L.  Johnson,  Esq., 

Chicago,   111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  15th  inst. 
We  note  what  you  say  about  the  excessive  express  charges, 
and  we  are  willing  to  allow  one-half  of  it  and  have  placed 
that  amount  to  the  credit  of  your  account  and  you  may  take 
it  into  consideration  when  you  remit  at  another  time.  The 
charge  appears  to  have  been  more  than  it  should  have  been. 

Will  you  kindly  send  us  the  paid  expense  bill  as  a  voucher 
for  our  entry,  and  to  make  claim  for  the  amount?  In  all 
probability  we  can  get  it  refunded.  We  do  not  insist  upon 
this  but  should  be  pleased  to  have  it.  We  are  in  possession 
of  all  the  necessary  information.  We  have  had  very  little 
trouble  lately  concerning  expressage  and  think  this  simply 
an  overcharge.  We  will  ask  you  to  send  us  any  other  in- 
formation you  may  have  that  will  be  of  value  to  us. 

Thanking  you  and  hoping  our  disposition  of  this  matter 
is  satisfactory  to  you,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 

2. 

Rev.  W.  J.  Williamson, 

St.   Louis,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  letter  of  the  10th  inst.  received  and  carefully  noted. 
Without  any  hesitation  whatever  I  heartily  endorse  the  reso- 
lution mentioned,  and  to  which  you  call  my  attention,  and 
am  glad  you  are  able  to  take  advantage  of  the  occasion  to 
take  a  much  needed  vacation.  I  have  heard  many  an  ex- 
pression of  appreciation  of  you  by  the  members  of  the  asso- 
ciation, in  private  conversation.  In  consideration  of  this 
fact  and  the  surrounding  circumstances  and  conditions  con- 
cerning your  work,  I  think  it  an  opportune  time.  The  in- 
formation you  will  receive,  and  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  for 
yourself,  together  with  the  inspiration  and  instruction  that 
will  naturally  come  to  you,  will  amply  repay  you  and  us 
for  any  sacrifice  made,  besides  affording  you  opportunity 
for  recuperation. 

Wishing  you  a  pleasant  and  happy  experience  during  your 
vacation,  and  a  safe  return,  I  am, 

Yours  fraternally, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


83 


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84  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

3. 
Mr.  J.  V.  Horton, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Dear  Sir : 

We  have  your  leter  of  the  15th  inst.  in  regard  to  mak- 
ing sale  to  the  party  mentioned.  We  are  surprised  that 
you  did  not  succeed.  If  you  were  with  him  as  long 
as  you  say  you  were,  you  should  have  been  able  to  sell 
him.  Since  you  were  unable  to  secure  the  order,  under  the 
circumstances,  we  believe  you  did  not  handle  him  as  you 
should.  We  believe  he  can  be  reached  in  some  other 
way.  If  you  cannot  do  it,  let  us  know  at  once  and  we 
will  take  it  up  with  him  at  once  by  mail.  If  you  can  get 
an  order  we  shall  be  glad  to  know  it. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  by  return  mail,  we  are, 
Yours  truly, 

4. 

B.  F.  Williams  &  Co.. 
Omaha,  Neb. 
Gentlemen : 

We  have  your  order  of  the  15th  inst.  and  in  reply 
have  to  say  that  we  are  glad  to  hear  from  you  again 
and  shall  be  pleased  to  make  the  exchange  with  you. 

We  are  in  a  peculiar  situation  at  this  particular  time. 
There  is  a  somewhat  organized  effort  against  us  and  we 
have  discovered  several  irregularities  in  a  general  way, 
toward  which  we  shall  have  to  direct  our  attention. 

We  want  to  take  the  matter  up  to-day  or  to-morrow, 
and  show  some  spirit  in  our  opposition  to  the  machine 
methods  w^hich  they  are  using.  We  regard  it  as  some- 
what remarkable  that  they  should  withold  the  information 
to  which  we  are  entitled.  They  seemed  to  regard  us  with 
astonishment  when  we,  without  any  hesitation,  delivered 
the  papers  to  them  promptly  upon  their  request. 

We  will  fill  your  order  to-day  and  hope  to  see  you  soon 
in  regard  to  the  other  matters. 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


I    c__^^ 

\..N..  * !V._ 


Suggestion. 

Get  in  the  habit  of  reading  the  shorthand  plates  of  this 
book  at  odd  or  convenient  times.  Read  every  one  of  them 
over  and  over  until  you  can  open  the  book  anywhere  and 
read  the  shorthand  plate  without  referring.  This  will  in- 
crease your  speed  in  both  reading  and  writing.  If  you 
lose  no  time  in  reading  your  shorthand  notes,  it  will  make 
your  day's  work  easier,  for  you  will  have  so  much  more 
time  to  devote  to  something  else. 

Always  be  ready  and  willing  to  do  anything  that  will 
give  you  experience,  for  we  learn  things  best  by  doing 
them,  after  we  know  how.  You  might  watch  some  one 
fold  circulars,  papers,  or  letters  and  prepare  them  for  the 
mail  for  days,  yet  when  you  undertook  it,  it  would  be 
awkward  to  you.  You  need  to  do  the  work.  This  is  true 
in  many  things  pertaining  to  officework,  hence,  we  sug- 
gest that  you  take  advantage  of  every  opportunity  to  get 
experience  that  will  help  you  along  this  line.  Educate 
yourself  to  be  quick,  accurate,  neat,  and  generally  use- 
ful. Experience  is  your  opportunity. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  87 

LESSON  X. 
Prefixes. 

A  dot  at  the  beginning  of  an  outline  is  con,  coin,  cum, 
cog. 

Condemn,  compel,  comply,  confirm,  commit,  conscience, 
contend,  contents,  complete,  competition,  competitor, 
compare,  comparison,  consume,  control,  convert,  cog- 
nate. 


••>> 


A  tick  instead  of  a  dot  is  contra,  contro,  contri,  coun- 
ter. 

Countermand,  controvert,  contradict,  countersign,  con- 
trivance, contravene. 

L 


A  circle,  /.M,  before  the  first  stroke  is  circuin. 

Circumstance,    circumference,    circumscribe,     circum- 
stances. 


88  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

A  heavy  dot  is  accom. 

Accommodate,     accommodation,     accompany,     accom- 
plice. 

X 


The  sign  for  "D"  at  the  beginning  is  decom,  discoin, 
discon. 

Decompose,  discomfort,  discontinue,  discommode. 


The  sign  for  "ef"  at  the  beginning  when  not  conven- 
ient to  join,  is  for  or  fore. 

Foreknowledge,  forward,  forsooth,  forewarn,  foreclos- 
ure. 


The  sign  for  "en"  at  the  beginning  is  incon,  incom,  in- 
cog. 

Inconstant,  incomplete,  incognito,   incompetent. 


Half-length  "n"  before  the  first  stroke  in  any  position 
is  inter,  intro,  enter. 

Interpose,  introduce,  interchange,   interline,   entertain. 


•"• 

[< 


The  sign  for  "Ray"  at  the  beginning  is  recom,  recon, 
recog. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  89 

Recommend,    reconsider,    recognize,    reconcile,    recon- 
struct. 


/I 


The  iss  circle  before  the  first  stroke  written  midway 
is  self. 

Self-respect,  selfish,  selfishness,  self-defense,  self-made. 


The  iss  is  the  place  of  the  "con"  dot  is  self-con,  self- 
com,  etc. 

Self-control,  self-conceit,  self-conscious,  self-confessed. 


• 

1 _ JL 


The  sign  for  "in"  written  above  at  the  beginning  is 
magna,  magni,  inagne,  niagtiif. 

Magnanimous,  magnify,  magnitude,  magnetic,  magni- 
ficent. 


The  sign  for  cm-iss  at  the  beginning  is  miscon,  mis- 
coin. 

The  sign  for  "Xn"  (nen)  at  the  beginning  is  noncon, 
noncom. 

?\Iiscondnct,  misconstrue,  misconceive,  non-committal, 
non-content,  non-conducting. 


. 


90  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

A  break  in  an  outline  may  be  made  to  express  con, 
com. 

Uncontrolled,  uncombined,  unconnected,  unconscious, 
unconstrained,  unreconciled,  unrecompensed,  unrecog- 
nized, incumbent,  recumbent,  unselfish,  uninterrupted, 
unforseen. 


\ 


Word  Signs,  Contractions,  and  Phrases. 

1.  Recollect,   recollection,   delinquent-cy,   privilege-d, 
representation,    superintend-ent,    respectfully,    govern-or, 
government,    indispensible,    question,    unquestion-able-y, 
public,       publication,       legislative-or-ion-ure,       awful-ly, 
origin-al-ly,  inhabit,  onward,  inconsistent. 

2.  Collect,   collection,   correct,    correction,   distinction, 
infer-ence,    downward,    familiarity,    memoranda-um,    ac- 
cept-ed,  except-ed,  refer-red,  reference,  testified  as   fol- 
lows, testimony,  examination,  cross-examination,  individ- 
uality,   inexperience,    subjective,    attractive,    whichever, 
which  have,   whomever,  who  have,  descriptive,   disting- 
uish-ed,  we  enclose,  first-class,  full-y,  follow-ed,  value-d, 
oblige-d,  please  advise. 

3.  In  order  (to),  in  reference  (to),  to  have,  shall  have, 
have  to  have,'  you  will  have,  acquainted  with  the,  together 
with,  my  ability,  your  ability,  best  of  my  ability,  legislative 
session,  state  what  you  know,  state  when  you  can,  state 
where  you  were,  you  would,  if  you  would. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


91 


4.  Manuscript,  accident,  additional,  whatsoever,  who- 
soever, per  cent,  likewise,  assignment,  disappointment,  in- 
dependent, independence,  people,  belong-ed,  equal-ly,  un- 
less, child,  children,  flow,  whereon,  wherein,  whereof, 
where  was,  spoken,  convenient,  consequent-ly,  movement, 
therein,  thereon,  more  than. 


J.  S.  Munson  &  Co.,  1- 

Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Gentlemen : 

\\'e  have  your  order  booked  for  3  cars  of  nut  coai 
and  2  cars  of  lump  coal.  These  will  go  forward  as  soon 
as  thev  can  be  loaded.  We  are  confident  that  we  can 


92  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

complete  the  order  and  have  it  all  shipped  by  the  last 
of  the  week. 

We  note  that  you  complain  of  some  delay  on  previous 
order,  but  we  contend  that  we  complied  promptly  with 
the  conditions  of  your  order,  and  if  you  will  compare 
the  dates,  in  which  we  note  you  have  some  conflict,  you 
will  consider  that  we  did  better  than  you  thought.  You 
will  confer  a  favor  on  us  if  you  will  look  into  the  matter 
and  mention  it  when  you  write  again. 

We  do  not  want  to  put  you  to  any  inconvenience.  We 
recognize  and  appreciate  the  value  of  your  trade  and  shall 
be  pleased  to  consider  anything  whereby  we*  may  accom- 
modate you. 

Hoping  to  have  your  frequent  favors,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 

Air.  G.  M.  Wilson,  2. 

Boston,  Mass. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  have  your  favor  of  the  15th  inst.  and  note  con- 
tents. We  do  not  wish  to  magnify  small  things  nor  in- 
terfere in  anything,  but  think  this  is  a  magnificent  op- 
portunity to  introduce  this  new  system  of  keeping  ac- 
counts with  the  different  departments. 

It  is  not  uncommon  for  us  to  have  considerable  delay 
on  account  of  our  present  deficient  method.  You  rec- 
ognize this  as  well  as  I,  and  I,  having  had  this  uncom- 
fortable experience  for  some  time,  and,  having  exam- 
ined this  new  system  with  considerable  interest  and  care, 
have  decided  to  recommend  it  for  next  year. 

Hoping  you  will  reconsider  the  matter  and  decide  to 
introduce  the  international,  I  am,  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


93 


/ 


94  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

3. 
Mr.  L.  H.  Turner, 

Cleveland,  O. 
Dear  Sir : 

Yours  of  the  12th  inst.  received  and  in  reply  will  say 
that  I  shall  have  to  attend  the  legislative  session  on  next 
Tuesday,  and  intend,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  to  repre- 
sent your  views  in  the  matter  to  the  committee.  On  ac- 
count of.  my  inexperience  with  this  particular  question, 
and  not  being  acquainted  with  all  the  members  of  the 
committee,  I  shall  be  at  some  disadvantage. 

In  reference  to  my  manuscript  which  you  sent,  I  note 
what  you  say  about  the  omission.  While  it  is  in  a  meas- 
ure independent,  it  occurs  to  me  it  will  be  indispensible. 
If  they  express  disappointment,  I  shall  find  it  convenient 
to  explain  the  movement  and  suggest  that  they  postpone 
the  hearing  until  this  matter  can  be  supplied,  unless  you 
wire  to  the  contrary.  Yours  truly, 

4.' 

H.  S.  Smalley,  Esq., 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Dear  Sir : 

Your  letter  of  the  loth  inst.,  and  your  order  of  the 
13th  are  received.  Accept  our  thanks.  This  order  shall 
have  our  prompt  and  careful  attention. 

We  find  that  we  are  short  on  some  of  the  goods  you 
order,  but  we  will  substitute.  When  we  are  out  of  the 
styles  ordered  we, always  endeavor  to  send  something  just 
as  good  and  as  nearly  like  the  sample  as  possible.  If  we 
fail  to  please  you,  or  to  send  you  what  \vi!l  suit  your  trade, 
you  may  return  the  goods  to  us  at  our  expense. 

In  reference  to  other  lines  which  we  carry,  we  feel 
that  we  can  furnish  you  better  goods  at  lower  prices 
than  any  other  house  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and 
if  you  will  kindly  give  our  salesman  an  order  when  he 
calls  again  we  will  highly  appreciate  it. 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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96  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Deposition. 

Selection  giving  practice  on  recurring  phrases  in  this 
line  of  work. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Burrows,  being  duly  sworn  on  the  part  of 
the  plaintiff,  testified  as  follows : 

By.  Mr.  Saunders : 

Q.     What  is  your  name?    A.    H.  L.  Burrows. 

Q.     Where  do  you  reside?    A.    At  Pacific,  Mo. 

Q.     What  is  your  business?    A.     I  am  a  merchant. 

Q.  Are  you  familiar  with  this  case?  A.  No,  sir.  I 
know  something  of  it. 

Q.  Are  you  acquainted  with  the  plaintiff?  A.  Yes, 
sir. 

Q.  How  long  have  you  known  him  ?  A.  About  ten 
years,  I  presume. 

Q.  Who  is  the  defendant  in  this  case,  if  you  know? 
A.  Mr.  D.  M.  Johnson. 

Q.  What  is  his  occupation?  A.  He  is  superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction. 

Q.  Are  you  in  the  habit  of  going  about  the  premises 
there?  A.  Yes,  sir.  I  have  that  privilege  and  frequently 
go,  but  I  am  governed  by  strict  instructions  as  to  my 
duties. 

Q.  What  is  your  business  there  usually?  A.  I  have 
various  reasons  for  going  at  different  times.  I  collect 
and  go  there  to  make  a  collection  or  a  correction  as  the 
case  may  be,  and,  as  before  stated,  for  other  reasons  that 
may  be  necessary. 

Q.     Did  you  testify  in  this  case  before?    A.    Yes.  sir. 

Q.  Do  you  remember  what  your  testimony  was  in 
your  previous  examination  ?  A.  I  do  not  recollect. 

Q.  Do  you  recollect  what  your  testimony  was  in  your 
cross-examination?  A.  I  have  no  recollection  of  it. 

Q.  Do  you  know  anything  about  the  publication  of 
this  matter?  A.  I  do  not  remember  anything  about  it. 

Q.     State  what  you  know,  if  you  remember,  of  the 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  07 

dates,  etc.  A.  I  do  not  remember  the  dates,  but  I  could 
ascertain  them  from  some  records  which  I  have. 

Q.     Have  you  them  with  you?    A.    No,  sir. 

Q.  State  when  you  can  get  them.  A.  I  could  have 
them  here  in  an  hour. 

Q.  State  where  you  were  on  last  Wednesday  morn- 
ing? A.  I  was  at  the  Public  School  buildings. 


Suggestion. 

The  following  list  of  words,  phrases,  and  contractions, 
and  the  letters  which  are  followed  by  the  shorthand  plate 
to  which  they  are  a  key,  bring  in  many  of  the  common 
words  and  phrases  already  used.  If  the  lessons  preced- 
ing this  have  been  well  learned,  it  will  be  wise  to  use  this 
matter  for  increasing  speed.  Neat  and  accurate  notes 
must  go  along  with  speed.  The  shorthand  should  be  care- 
fully studied  and  copied  and  the  matter  written  over  and 
over  from  dictation.  The  more  familiar  the  better,  if 
notes  are  made  carefully.  This  plan  of  work  will  burn  in, 
by  practice,  many  things  already  learned  so  they  can  be 
used  without  hesitation  when  needed. 


GKAIIAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  99 


LESSON  XI. 
Terminations.         v 

The  terminations  ility,  ality,  arity,  erity  is  expressed  by 
disjoining  the  stroke'  preceeding  the  termination.  If 
convenient,  this  stroke  may  be  joined  at  the  end.  B  for 
bility,  t  for  terity,  1  for  larity,  etc. 

Sensible,  sensibility,  instability,  formality,  popularity, 
prosperity,  posterity,  manly,  instrument,  instrumentality, 
disparity,  possibility,  vagrancy,  despondency,  validity, 
Christianity. 


"Jay"  at  the  end  is  ology.  The  iss  circle  at  the  end 
joined  or  midway  after  the  last  stroke  is  self,  and  the 
"ses"  circle  is  selves. 


100  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Miself,  'himself,  yourself,  ourselves,  themselves,  your- 
selves, zoology,  physiology,  theology,  our  own  selves, 
man's  self. 


......  C.  ..... 


"Ish"  at  the  end  is  ship.  "Iss-Vee"  is  soever.  "Tss" 
is  sameness,  bleness,  fulness.  "Ses"  is  lessness. 

Lordship,  friendship,  irksomeness,  lonesomeness,  what- 
soever, wheresoever,  whosoever,  whensoever,  whenceso- 
ever,  carelessness,  uselessness,  carefulness,  doubtfulness, 
faithfulness,  teachableness,  wherever. 


Miscellaneous  Practice. 

The  matter  in  this  lesson  brings  in  principles  and  word- 
signs  learned  in  the  various  lessons  preceding. 


Word  Signs,  Phrases,  and  Contractions. 

1.  Exceptions,  item,  wagon,  correct,  patent,  concession, 
we  are  satisfied,  legality,  allow,  provocation,  on  our  part, 
probability,  standpoint,  settled,  transaction,  depend,  upon  it, 
we  are  just,  in  receipt  (of)  your  letter  of  the  28th,  cancel, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


101 


our  order,  with  you,  control,  apparently,  rigid,  customer, 
compelled,  elsewhere,  requirements,  notify,  effect,  definitely, 
deliver  the,  by  return  mail,  indefinitely,  prefer,  remit,  direct, 
correspondence,  attached,  instructions,  bank,  collector,  collec- 
tion, draft,  presentation,  unnecessary,  we  enclose  you  here- 
with, several,  statements,  heard,  nothing  from  you,  we  are 
certainly,  entitled,  impatient,  longer,  useless,  continue,  drawn, 
attorney,  your  own,  relations,  re,call,  architect-ure-al,  extrava- 
gant, usually,  ideas,  permanent. 

2.  Either,  other,  there  or  three,  sure-ly,  pleasure,  and  ship 
same,  with  the  exception,  if  the  size,  want  them,  in  regard 
(to),  the  other  matter,  to  make  some,  we  shall  have  to  have, 
our  customers. 


102  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

1. 

Mr.  L.  H.  Williams, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  have  your  order  of  the  5th  inst.  and  ship  same  to-day 
with  the  exception  of  one  item  which  reads  "1  set  of  1^4 
wagon  spokes."  If  the  size  you  give  is  correct,  do  you  want 
them  for  a  patent  or  a  common  hub? 

In  regard  to  the  other  matter,  we  are  willing  to  make  some 
concession.  While  we  are  satisfied  as  to  the  legality  of  our 
position,  we  are  not  willing  to  allow  this  matter  to  appear 
to  be  a  provocation  on  our  part.  In  all  probability  we  have 
arrived  at  our  figures  from  some  different  standpoint.  We 
have  a  settled  determination  to  give  you  satisfaction  in  every 
transaction,  and  you  can  depend  upon  it  that  we  will  make 
any  reasonable  concession  without  hesitation. 

Thanking  you,  and  hoping  to  have  your  frequent  favors  in 
the  future,  we  are,  Yours  truly, 


2. 

J.  H.  Myers  &  Son, 

Sacramento,  Cal. 
Gentlemen: 

We  are  just  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  28th  inst.  and 
in  reply  will  say  that  we  shall  have  to  have  the  goods  shipped 
at  once  or  we  shall  have  to  cancel  our  order  with  you.  This 
is  a  matter  over  which  we  have  no  control  or  we  should  cer- 
tainly not  be  so  apparently  rigid  with  you.  Our  customer  is 
simply  forcing  us  to  get  these  goods  to  him  on  or  before  a 
certain  date  and  we  are  compelled  to  order  them  elsewhere 
unless  you  are  sure  you  can  meet  his  requirements. 

You  will  therefore  kindly  cancel  that  order  and  notify  us 
to  that  effect  at  once,  or  write  us  definitely  that  you  can  and 
will  deliver  the  goods  to  our  customer  on  the  date  mentioned. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  by  return  mail  in  regard  to  this 
matter,  we  are,  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 
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3. 

Mr.  A.   H.    Perkins, 

Belleville,  111. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  have  sent  you  several  statements  of  your  account,  but 
have  had  no  response  from  you.  We  must  insist  that  you 
give  this  matter  attention.  We  believe  you  will  admit  that 
we  have  been  patient  with  you,  but  you  certainly  understand 
that  we  cannot  allow  accounts  to  run  indefinitely.  We  must 
have  some  rule  in  regard  to  this  matter. 

Now,  we  very  much  prefer  that  you  remit  us  direct,  but  in 
case  you  do  not,  we  shall  have  to  draw  on  you  through  the 
bank  on  the  25th  inst.  with  statement  and  correspondence 
attached,  with  instructions  to  the  bank  that  they  place  the 
account  in  the  hands  of  a  collector,  if  the  draft  is  not  paid  on 
presentation. 

Hoping  you  will  make  this  step  unnecessary,  and  trusting 
to  hear  from  you  before  the  time  mentioned,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 

4. 

Mr.  A.  H.  Carter, 

Cleveland,  O. 
Dear  Sir: 

We  enclose  you  herewith  statement  of  your  account.  We 
have  sent  you  several  statements  and  have  written  you  call- 
ing your  attention  to  this  matter,  but  have  heard  nothing 
from  you.  We  are  certainly  entitled  to  a  reply.  We  have 
been  patient  with  you  and  do  not  want  to  appear  impatient, 
but  we  cannot  consent  to  let  this  account  stand  longer.  It 
seems  useless  for  us  to  continue  the  correspondence,  since 
we  received  no  reply  from  you,  and  we,  therefore,  have  drawn 
on  you  to-day  for  the.  amount,  with  statement  and  corre- 
spondence attached,  with  instructions  to  the  bank  not  to 
return  the  draft  to  us,  but  in  case  it  is  not  paid  on  presenta- 
tion, to  place  the  same  in  the  hands  of  an  attorney  for  col- 
lection. 

Now,  in  your  own  interest  and  that  of  our  future  business 
relations,  we  very  much  prefer  that  you  remit  us  direct,  and 
if  you  will  do  so  by  return  mail,  we  will  recall  the  draft  and 
explain  to  the  bank  that  the  account  has  been  paid. 

Hoping  you  will  give  this  matter  prompt  attention,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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5. 

A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co., 

Chicago,  111. 
Gentlemen: 

We  have  yours  of  the  10th  inst.  and  in  reply  will  say  the 
books  have  arrived  to-day  in  good  condition  and  we  thank 
you  for  your  promptness  in  filling  the  order.  The  time  it 
took  to  get  these  goods  was  certainly  short  compared  with 
the  length  of  time  it  has  usually  required. 

It  has  been  some  time  since  we  have  had  an  order  from 
you.  We  are  quite  sure  that  you  will  find  some  of  our  books 
much  more  practical  than  some  you  handle.  You  will  remem- 
ber that  we  wrote  you  some  time  ago  in  reference  to  some 
religious  books  that  we  carry  in  stock. 

Our  regular  prices  are  certainly  not  extravagant,  but  we 
are  willing  to  make  you  a  special  discount  in  quantities. 

Trusting  to  hear  from  you  very  soon,  we  are, 

Yours  truly, 


6. 

Mr.  F.  P.  Miller  &  Co., 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Gentlemen: 

Your  letter  and  application  received.  In  reference  to  the 
application  will  say  that  we  have  several  applicants  for  the 
same  position  you  mention,  and,  while  we  feel  that  we  should 
give  them  due  consideration,  we  think  it  would  be  wise,  from 
what  we  know  of  you,  for  you  to  take  the  examination  and 
get  your  record  on  file.  We  will  then  be  in  position  to  take 
the  matter  up  for  you,  and  you  may  be  sure  we  will  do  what 
we  can  to  help  you. 

There  is  only  one  applicant  for  the  place  in  the  office  of 
the  architect,  and  you  may  wish  to  file  your  application  for 
that  place.  We  do  not  think  that  position  is  permanent,  and 
do  not  know  what  length  of  time  they  would  require  your 
services,  but  yo*  would  get  some  architectural  ideas  that 
would  be  of  value  to  you. 

Come  to  see  us  at  once  upon  your  arrival  in  the  city,  that 
we  may  talk  the  matter  over  at  length  before  going  over  to 
the  general  offices.  Yours  truly, 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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Suggestion. 

Expedients,  and  the  outlines  for  days,  months,  cities 
and  states  arranged  alphabetically,  and  common,  frequent 
words  arranged  alphabetically,  comprise  the  following 
Lesson  XII.  It  is  a  good  plan  to  read  the  shorthand 
plates  until  they  can  be  read  without  referring. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  109 


LESSON  XII. 
Omission  of  Consonants. 

Omit  "k"  when  the  sound  comes  between  ng  and  s  or 
z.  "P"  when  immediately  preceded  by  m  and  followed 
by  t,  sh,  k,  s. 

Anxiety,  sanction,  anxious,  tempt,  consumption,  pump- 
kin. 

...j£ *J>. -^ B— .«d>. V-rr*. 

Omit  "T"  when  it  comes  between  .s  and  another  stroke. 
Mostly,  domestic,  destitute. 


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Any  consonant  may  be  omitted  when  it  causes  a  tedious 
outline  if  its  omission  would 'not  endanger  legibility. 

Investigation,    describe,     surprise,    transcribe,    manu- 
script, capable,  capability,  demonstrate,  identical,  trans- 


no  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

pose,  atonement,  husbandman,  intelligent,  intelligence, 
restriction,  infraction,  refraction,  destruction,  construc- 
tion, instructions. 

X 
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• 


Vowel  Signs  Joined  to  Consonants. 

Eyed,  hide,  highly,  oil,  cue,  glue,  new,  now,  bow,  bow- 
ed, doubt,  ammonia,  nephew. 


'1 

' 


Word-signs  written  together : 

Hereafter,      thereto,      thereon,      thereof,      whenever, 
wherever. 


The  position  of  a  phrase-sign  is  usually  determined  by 
the  second  word. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  .111 

In  this,  in  these,  in  those,  and  it,  and  at,  and  of,  and 
to,  a  few,  and  for  a,  and  in  a,  as  much  as. 


Omission  of  Words. 

It  is  allowable  to  omit  any  word  or  words  which  must 
and  which  may  readily  be  supplied  to  complete  the  sense. 

1.  Close  of  the  day,  one  of  the  most,  shall  have  been, 
to  have  been,  cannot  have  done,  I  have  been,  which  have 
been. 

2.  Word  of  God,  kingdom  of  heaven,  I  intend  to  be, 
by  and  by.  wise  and  good,   more  and  more,  over  and 
over,  over  and  above,  rich  and  poor,  through  and  through. 

3.  From  time  to  time,  from  day  to  day,  from  hour  to 
hour,   from  place  to  place,  hand  in  hand,  on  the  other 
hand,  more  or  less,  sooner  or  later,  on  the  contrary,  in 
the  world,  in  conjunction  with. 


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112  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Days,  Months,  States  and  Cities. 

1.  Sunday,    Monday,    Tuesday,    Wednesday,    Thurs- 
day, Friday,  Saturday,  January.  February,  March,  April, 
May,  June,  July,  August,  September,  October,  Novem- 
ber, December,  Thanksgiving,  Christmas,  Easter. 

2.  East,   West,    North.    South,    Northern,    Southern, 
Eastern,    Western,    Northeast,    Northwest,     Southwest, 
Southeast,  Republic,    Democratic,    Democracy,    Atlantic, 
Pacific,  Gulf,  House  of  Representatives,  Senate. 

3.  Alabama,  Alaska,    Arizona,    Arkansas,  California, 
Colorado,  Connecticut,  Delaware,  District  of  Columbia, 
Florida,  Georgia,  Idaho,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Indian  Terri- 
tory, Iowa,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  Maine,  Mary- 
land, Massachusetts,   Michigan,   Minnesota,    Mississippi, 
Missouri,  Montana,  Nebraska,  Nevada,  New  Hampshire, 
New  Jersey,  New  Mexico,  New  York,  North  Carolina, 
North  Dakota,  Ohio,  Oklahoma,  Oregon,  Pennsylvania, 
Rhode  Island,  South  Carolina,  South  Dakota,  Tennessee, 
Texas,  Vermont,  Virginia,  Washington,  West  Virginia, 
Wisconsin,  Wyoming. 

A.  Allegheny,  Alton,  Albany,  Aurora,  Abilene.  Aus- 
tin, Atlanta,  Akron,  Alameda,  Altoona,  Auburn,  Ander- 
son, Amsterdam,  Angola,  Augusta. 

B.  Brooklyn,   Bangor,   Bay   City,   Baltimore,   Boston, 
Bluffton,    Boulder,    Bowling    Green,    Bridgewater,    Bur- 
lington, Beaver  Falls,  Birmingham,  Buffalo. 

C.  Cleveland,   Canton,   Chillicothe,   Chicago,    Chatta- 
nooga, Clinton,  Columbus.  Cortland,  Council  Bluffs,  Ce- 
dar Rapids,  Columbia,  Concordia,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo- 
rado Springs,  Charleston,  Creston,  Canon  City,  Cincin- 
nati. 

D.  Dallas,  Defiance,  Detroit,  Denver,  De  Soto,  Du- 
rango,  Dexter,  Denison,  Dickson,  Dover,  Dyer,  Dayton, 
Dorchester. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  113 

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114  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

E.  Easton,  Elgin,  Elizabeth,  Elmira,  Everett,  Elk- 
hart,  Evansville,  Erie,  Evanston,  Edgerton,  Edmoncl,  El- 
dorado, Elpaso,  Emporia. 

P.  Fayette,  Fremont,  Fort  Wayne,  Fort  Madison. 
Fort  Worth,  Farmington,  Freeport,  Frankfort,  Fall 
River,  Fargo,  Frisco,  Fulton. 

G.  Gainesville,  Great  Falls,  Galena,  Gloversville, 
Grand  Island,  Germantown,  Grand  Rapids,  Gibson,  Glou- 
cester, Greenfield,  Greenville. 

H.  Harrisburg,  Hastings,  Hazleton,  Halifax,  Hart- 
ford, Houston,  Hanover,  Hamilton,  Holyoke,  Huron, 
Huntington,  Hot  Springs,  Humboldt,  Huntsville,  Han- 
nibal. 

I.     Iowa  City,  Independence,  Indianapolis,  Ithaca. 

J.  Jacksonville,  Joplin,  Jamestown,  Janesville,  t  Jack- 
son, Jefferson,  Johnstown,  Junction  City,  Jersey  City. 

K.  Kansas  City,  Kalamazoo,  Kankakee,  Knoxville, 
Kittanning,  Kensington,  Kaufman,  Kirksville,  Kingston. 

L.  La  Crosse,  Lebanon,  Lafayette,  Lansing,  Lancas- 
ter, Logansport,  Lexington,  Lake  Shore,  Lawrence,  Lin- 
coln, Louisville. 

M.  Memphis,  Madison,  Marion,  Minneapolis,  Man- 
chester, Mobile,  Manhattan,  Martinsburg,  Mankato,  Mil- 
waukee. 

N.  Nashville,  Newport,  Nebraska  City,  New  York 
City,  Newark,  Northampton,  Newburgh,  Newcastle,  New 
Orleans,  Northfield,  Norwalk,  Norwood. 

O.  Oakland,  Omaha,  Oneida,  Ottawa,  Oil  City,  Ot- 
tumwa,  Oswego,  Orange,  Oyster  Bay,  Qshkosh. 

P.  Pittsburg,  Pacific,  Palmyra,  Parsons,  Parkers- 
burg,  Patterson,  Philadelphia,  Pueblo,  Port  Huron,  Plain- 
field,  Paducah,  Pontiac,  Princeton. 

R.  Rochester,  Racine,  Randolph,  Richmond,  River- 
side, Richland,  Rockport,  Rutland,  Roxbury. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


11G 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


S.  San  Francisco,  St.  Louis,  Salem,  Seattle,  Savan- 
nah, Sacramento,  San  Antonio,  St.  Joseph,  Springfield. 
Spokane,  Sherman,  Saginaw,  Sioux  City,  Syracuse,  Stam- 
ford, Stevens  Point,  Stockton. 

T.  Topeka,  Tallahassee,  Terre  Haute,  Traverse  City, 
Trenton,  Troy,  Tuscaloosa,  Tampa,  Towanda. 

U.  Utica,  Urbana,  Upper  Sandusky,  Unity,  Univer- 
sity, Union  City,  Underwood,  Unionville. 

V.  Valparaiso,  Vicksburg,  Vernon,  Verona,  Victory, 
Vincennes,  Vienna,  Vinton. 

W.  Washington,  Wabash,  Williamsport,  Waterloo. 
Watertown,  Wilmington,  Wheeling,  Wooster,  Wilkes- 
barre,  Windsor,  Winsted. 

Y.  &  Z.  York,  Youngstown,  Yorktown,  Yankton,  Yar- 
mouth, Ypsilanti,  Zanesville. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  117 

Frequent,  Recurring  Words  and  Phrases  in  Court 
Reporting  and  General  Reporting. 

If  the  following  words  and  phrases  be  thoroughly 
learned,  they  will  wonderfully  increase  the  student's  speed 
in  writing  and  reading  court  testimony. 

The  shorthand  notes  in  the  plates  following  the  selec- 
tion of  phrases,  should  be  read  over  and  over  until  they 
can  be  read  without  hesitation.  This  will  so  impress 
these  phrase  outlines  on  the  mind  that  the  speed  in  writ- 
ing, after  that,  will  be  greatly  increased. 

These  phrases  are  selected  from  matter  taken  in  ac- 
tual court  work,  and  occur  so  very  frequently  that  to 
write  them  without  hesitation  gives  more  time  for  that 
matter  which  is  not  so  familiar. 

Note. — This  is  for  advanced  work,  and  may  be  left 
until  certain  speed  and  accuracy  is  attained  on  ordinary 
letters. 

1.  Anyone,    anybody,    nobody,    on    you,    what    you, 
what    were    you    doing    there,    what     was    he    doing 
there,  what  is   your  business,  what  is   your  occupation, 
what  is  your  name,  what  time  was  it.    When  you,  when  I 
was,  when  he  was,  when  I  was  there,  when  he  was  there, 
when  you  were,  when  you  saw  them,  when  you  saw  it, 
when  you  saw  him,  when  was  that,  when  did  you  see 
him.  when  were  you  there.     Would  you,  why  did  you, 
why  do  you,  why  don't  you.     Where  you,  where  were 
you,  where  was  he,  where  were  they,  where  do  you  live, 
were  you  there. 

2.  Was  there,  was  there  any  one.     There  was  none, 
there  was  no  one.    But  there  is,  but  there  was,  but  there 
was  not,  but  you  say,  but  he  said.     To  the  best,  to  the 
best  of  your  recollection,  to  the  best  of  my  recollection, 


118  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

at  the  time,  at  that  time,  at  what  time,  could  you  see, 
could  you  see  him,  in  some  cases,  in  similar  cases.  I  do 
not,  I  do  not  know,  I  did  not,  I  did  not  see  him,  I  do  not 
know  whether,  I  do  not  know  whether  or  not,  I  cannot 
say,  I  can,  I  cannot,  I  cannot  remember,  I  cannot  recol- 
lect, I  do  not  recollect,  I  recollect,  I  remember,  I  do  not 
remember,  I  know,  I  think  so,  I  think  not,  I  cannot  tell, 
I  could,  I  could  not,  I  could  have,  will  not,  will  have, 
will  be,  will  say,  will  you  see.  will  you  see  him,  will  you 
see  them,  when  will  you  go. 

3.  And  you,  and  you  were,  with  him.  and  you  gave, 
and  you  saw  him,  and  he  was  there,  and  he  said,  and  if 
the.     Did   he  call  your  attention,   did   he   say,   he   saw, 
did  you,  did  you  get,  did  you  get  there,  did  you  know, 
did  you  say,  did  you  see  him,  did  you  see  them,  did  he 
acknowledge,    do    you,    do    you    know,    do    you    know 
whether,  do  you  know  whether  or  not,  do  you  remember, 
do  you  acknowledge.     State  what  you  know,  state  where 
you  were,  state  if  you  know,  state  whether  or  not,  state 
what  you  saw,  state  your  name  and  age,  how  old  are  you, 
what  is  your  age,  how  many,  objected  to,  younger,  older, 
he  was  there,  he  was  not,  he  could  not,  could  you  not. 

4.  Irrelevant,    immaterial,     incompetent,    overrruled, 
counsel,   duly,   excepted,   have   you   any,   relations,   have 
you  any  relation,  are  you,  acquainted  with.     Did  you  say, 
down  there,  went  down  there,  had  he  been  there,  where 
do  you   reside,  how   long  have  you  lived  there,   it  was 
about,  half  past  8,  o'clock,  about  how  many,  did  I  under- 
stand, that  you,  I  will  ask  you,  is  it  the,  are  you  sure, 
at  any  rate,  at  any  time,  what  do  you  mean,  how  did  you 
go,  how  soon  did  you,  all  the  way,  all  the  time,  all  you 
know,  you  would  be,  you  would  see,  you  would  get,  you 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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120  GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 

Writing  Exercise. 

Q.     What  is  your  name?     A.     James  Johnson. 

Q.  What  is  your  business?  A.  Secretary  of  the 
Famous  Furniture  Co. 

Q.     Where  do  you  live?     A.     I  now  live  in  St.  Louis. 

Q.  How  long  have  you  lived  in  St.  Louis  ?  A.  Three 
years. 

Q.  Are  you  acquainted  with  the  defendant  ?  A.  Yes, 
sir. 

Q.  Arc  you  acquainted  with  the  plaintiff?  A.  Xo. 
sir. 

Q.  State  if  you  saw  him  at  the  time  of  this  trouble? 
A.  Yes,  sir,  and  had  seen  him  several  times  before. 

Q.     How  old  are  you?     A.     Thirty-seven. 

Q.  What  relation,  if  any,  are  you  to  the  defendant? 
A.  None. 

Q.  Where  were  you  at  the  time  the  first  shot  was 
fired?  A.  I  was  about  150  feet  away.  I  was  on  my 
way  home. 

Q.  State  where  you  were  when  you  heard  the  last 
shot  ?  A.  I  was  standing  in  the  same  place. 

Q.  I  will  ask  you  to  state  whether  or  not,  after  this 
difficulty,  any  officer  came?  A.  No,  sir,  not  at  once. 

Q.  State  if  you  know  whether  or  not  any  arrest  was 
made?  A.  I  think  so.  A  short  time  afterward,  but  I 
was  not  present. 

O.     Did  you  see  him  fire  the  first  shot  ?     A.     Yes,  sir. 

~ 

Q.     Did  you  see  the  plaintiff  at  the  time  the  shot  was 

fired?     A.     I- did  not,  no,  sir. 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  121 

Q.  Do  you  know  whether  any  one  else  was  present 
and  saw  the  shooting?  A.  I  know  there  were  several 
there,  but  I  do  not  know  their  names. 

O.  How  long  have  you  been  acquainted  with  the  de- 
fendant? A.  Five  or  six  years. 

O.     What  is  his  occupation?     A.     Drummer. 

Q.  When  you  first  saw  him,  did  he  have  a  gun?  A. 
I  suppose  so. 

Q.  Don't  you  know?  A.  I  did  not  see  it  at  first, 
but  I  know  he  shot. 

O.  What  were  you  doing  there?  A.  I  was  going 
home  as  usual. 

Q.  When  you  came  in  sight,  he  was  ready  and  did 
shoot?  A.  Yes,  sir,  very  soon  after  I  saw  him.  I  saw 
there  was  trouble  there  and  stopped. 

Q.  Could  you  see  the  plaintiff  from  where  you  were? 
A.  No,  sir,  not  at  first. 

Q.  Could  you  tell  whether  he  had  a  gun  or  whether 
he  was  shooting?  A.  Yes,  sir;  I  think  he  fired  first. 
I  could  hear  it,  but  could  not  see  him. 

Q.     Was  it  dark?     A.     No,  sir. 

Q.     Was  it  light?     A.     It  was  light,  but  late. 

Q.  What  time  was  it?  A.  Half  past  8  o'clock 
when  I  got  home. 


The  following  are  the  shorthand  notes  of  the  preceding 
"Writing  Exercise"  and  should  be  repeatedly  written  and 
read.  Write  it  from  dictation  at  a  slow  rate  of  speed,  mak- 
ing your  notes  as  nearly  perfect  as  possible,  and  alternately 
write  it  at  the  highest  possible  speed  that  you  can  reach. 
Read  your  fastest  writing  and  note  errors  if  any,  then  im- 
prove on  it. 


1-22 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


Vocabulary  and  Dictionary. 


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at  one  time 

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abundant-ly- 
accept    tance    .                                ,' 

at  hand 
at  first 

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accident-al 
accordingly       <~~          1 

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at  our  own 

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addition-al 
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advise  [ment    "|          V,^  
after 
again                 —  _,              ^      N 

before 
believe-d 

A    u 

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all 
all  the                >            >            4 

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business 

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all  there  is 
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am  not              ^_^ 

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but  should 

V          V 

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an 
and 

but  will 
but  you 

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and  are 
and  of               ^                     v  x 

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by  our  own 

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— 

another 
any                      \  '      *^\        *N^ 

called 
can 

fC.  3  «,  ....  ." 

appearance 
appliance             r                          . 
applicant           --\          \  *V»Hi 
application 
apply                    .                         *\ 

careful-ly 
certain-ly 
change-d 
charge-d 
children 

^  Z  

y.  .. 
N 

appreciate             \ 
are                     ~^         /      ,,    ^ 

combine-ation 
come 

— 

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arrive-al 
as 

commonly 
commonest 

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as  is 
as  it                    )                           ^ 

concern 
conditional 

.t.   ^  . 

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assist-ed-ance                                » 
assure                    y              „ 

consider-able 
consideration 

1   1  

astonish-ed- 
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correct-ed 
correction 

attention 
at  all                                                 1 

could 
country 

at    nno                                                                »              V 

nnnntrvrricm 

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GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


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deliver-ed             .1.  

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general-ly 

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determination      •  *] 
did  not                    j 

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give-n 

did  you      [ence  h 

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*    God                                       "•    •' 
good 

discharge 
do                             /* 

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do  not                   / 

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happy 

do  you  know 
do  you  remember 
do  you  recollect    i 

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.....rvr...,.  happen             '  ^  '^K"  °"" 
has 

dollar 

j 

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down 

have 

during                   o 

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each                      —I  

having  been  -  •  —  -        ^  >»/_. 

either 

having  the 

end 

V  / 

c  —  -     having  their     i                / 

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Vj 

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even          [ment  -'  

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s  —  b 

he  should 

exist                        P 
expect-  ed-ation    .1  

N 

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a_    he  was             ..K.^..  /r\..  .     ,s/ 

expense 

he  will                               / 

experience            °v 
experienced             V... 

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<?        he  would             /             .^           ~^ 

explain-ation 

her,  hear,  here 

express                    \, 

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expressed 

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extent 

him 

extensive-ly-          P 
fact              [ness  .0  

^ 

his                        o             x 
....rv.,   hope                   A  V^  

favor 

however 

feel                          V_ 

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fill 

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finished                  V^ 

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first 

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follow 

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for                          . 

I  did  not             J             -1 

for  it                     V  

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for  our 

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from  you 

I  have                               J 

freight 

f        I  shall                   7          *S^ 

freight  bills        ..^  

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.....  ^-%    I  will                —^     -  

full 

"^r 

if 

fully                        r 

«tv       if  it                     V_         r-»          /—  N 

further,  farthei 

f      important 

GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


125 


impossible-ility       T> 

Mr.,  mere            <r"*s 
nature                 ""'"'         ^7"  J 
natural-ly                                          ' 
near,  nor             ^—  '        ^-^       ^_  o 

him     [inent 
in  all                 c^_x      v  a        -v-C- 

influeoces 
influenced         -*~a      <=  —  -1      *  —  ^N 

nearly                 ....                   
necessary 
none                     v  ,,       v    y        ^ 

inform 
information      O2                   ^-^ 

not 
number-ed           .               V         'X 

in  order                          *t-x 
instruct-ed         V            f            ° 

object-ed 
objection               \,            \.        (  

is 
is  as                   0 

occur 
of                           N             V            ^w 

is  it 
is  not                 <1-/ 
issue                  ••)•  -  '  —  • 
it 
it  had 
it  is                   -\             *  -    o  
it  is  as 

its                       Iff 
itself                -»  k-  L  — 
it  will 
it  will  be            f            f           

of  all                    -  ~  ~" 
of  it                                       . 
of  our                   "\            Vj          x 

often 
on 
one                        ,.  x        (-^      v  —  y 

opinion 
opportune-ity      <\                        ~\ 

or,                                                   i  
order 
orders                    ~X           ~\           >\ 
order  the            3              \.  /    • 
other 
our 
ours,  ourself      ^N  "X.           ^    - 
ourselves 
ought                     /             6          ^ 

kingdom               ^ 

know                 _  ,                      ^    ,, 

none 
no  one 

language 
last  us 

Ct^                / 

over 
overweight           **%              \___ 

larger 
largest                               ^- 

owe,  oh                  / 
own 

long                                                 ^ 
longer               ^   ^       ,      _       "^ 

part 
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parties                 NiT"  \ 
party 
people                    \           \          \j 

Lord 
made 

manner 
matter 

perfection 
phonography       V               J           IP 

may  not 
may  be                             »v          f  —  ^ 
member          ,^~^.  -  .%.  
men 
mention                                 ,_      ^ 

position 
possession           X.              >,      «. 
possible-ility    •  R  \  
practice-al                                      . 
practices               ^           \          \ 
present                —  A^  Vb' 
previous                              ^ 

principle,  principal       *\            \_ 
privilege              •  -v-  ,>»..—  —  —  « 
profit-able 

mind 
more                                            ^~~^ 
much,              ^C-tv—  •  .-/-  -—  .. 
my 

12G 


GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY. 


proof,  prove 

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put          [priety 
put  the 

c_ 

\ 

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these,  thyself 
they  will              p             f         ^*^s 

quantity 
question 

X 

—  ra  . 

thing 
think                     (              ( 

quite 
quote 

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thought 
though                   .                  ,             * 

relate-d 
relation 

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f/> 

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thousand                                              « 
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remark-ed 
remarkable 

^ 

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till  it                     | 
time                                    N            v 

rule-d 
satisfaction 

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) 

tO                                                                                              >v 

to  be 
to-day 

see         [factory 
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to  have                               | 
to  have  the 

shall,  shalt 
share 

7 

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together 
too,  two                               .                n 
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truthfully                '             u    

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United  States 
under 

should  know 
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understand 

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somewhat 

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under  the  circnm-                                   d 
universal    L  stances    ^ 
unless                      «        ^  —  f     ^~^  —  •••- 

spirit 
subject 

\ 

A  
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unnecessary 
until,  at  all                          r            \ 

subjective 
success-ful 

r 

r 

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up                           1 
upon                     N.            V               v 

sure-ly 
surprise     [ally 

X 

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us,  use 
use  (uze)             -x              J           „ 

Standard  Phonography 
take 

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J 

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value 
valued                                   vv       <^x 

tell,  till 
than 

( 

( 

want 
was                        ^          ~v         (^ 

thank-ed 
that 

V 

( 

\ 
( 

we  are 
we  are  in             </•*        */*    ^^ 

the  other 
thee,  thy 

. 

) 

\ 

( 

we  may  not 
were                                       .,           - 

them,  they 

were  you 

GRAHAM  PHONOGRAPHY.  127 


we  were,  we  would        C         C/2 

we  were  not  — — — — 

we  were  to  have 

we  were  of  "^          c_ 

were  we  

well 

what  ^ 

what  you 

what  you  have 

what  we 

what  would  

whatever 
'  where 

where  were  • 

where  were  you 
where  you  were  .^j     ^\  / 

whether  ••**<-•• } •*• — 

which 

whichever  /  •  /*         /» 

which  will  *M :.-./. K. 

which  will  not 

which  were  7 

which   would,   which    .Jl. /. — -£ — — - 

which  are  [had 

while,  we  will  C 

who,  whom.  t- ._«sr.._. 

whole 

whoever,  who  have       /  />         ~^ 

who  will  •»      —  •••• 

why 

will,  wilt  x^      ^         -s 

will  not  (  •*• 

wish  / 

wishes  ^J  \> 

with 

within 

without  ,          c  ^ 

with  what  •;•» - 

with  you 

work-ed  >-          f- 

world  .<S. I... 

word 

would  _. 

would  we  — ^- -••• 

would  you 

ye  u  " 

years  

yet' 

you  [would 

you    were,    you 

you  would  have 

you  should 

your 

yours,  yourself 

yourselves 

your  own 

your  own  time 

you  will 

you  must 

you  can 


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